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Research Manual and Style Guide
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l. Introduction

2. A Note on Plagiarism

3. General Guidelines to the Writing Process

4. The Research Paper
a. Step One: Choosing a Topic
b. Step Two: Gathering Information
c. Step Three: Developing Preliminary Source Cards
d. Step Four: Taking Notes
e. Step Five: Establishing a Note-taking System
f. Step Six: Revising Your Thesis Statement
g. Step Seven: Making a Sentence Outline
h. Step Eight: Writing the First Draft
i. Step Nine: Using Citations
j. Step Ten: Preparing your Works Cited Page
k. Step Eleven: Revising Your First Draft
l. Step Twelve: Preparing Your Final Paper
m. Sample Research Paper
5. Alternative Ways to Summarize Research
a. The Annotated Bibliography
b. The Abstract
6. Proper Documentation of Internal Citations

7. Proper Documentation of Works Cited Page

8. Writing in the Field of Natural Science

9. Writing in the Field of Technology

10. Glossary of Reference Terms

11. Acknowledgments