What is the best approach of starting a research paper?

I've got my sources that I'm going to use and by topic, but the paper has to be 6 pages long. I'm kind of overwhelmed.

What is the best approach of starting a research paper?
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Writing a research paper is really an interesting yet overwhelming task. Since you already have your sources ready, your task is more than half done. The entire research paper should be ideally divided into


1. introduction to the topic


2. Detailed body of the paper concentrating on the central theme.


3. Conclusion to your research effort.





Any research is certified good when there are new dimensions to what has been done, i.e. what you are saying is of value of the readers/audience. Try and be illustrative, creative and back your say on the paper with statistics, facts and figures. If your paper is data based, you can use simple statistical techniques like using mean, mode median, averages, correlation etc. to show numerical results as well. Try and keep the launguage as straight and simple as possible to convey the right message.





Wish you good luck...:)
Reply:just begin writing and see what you've got. Afterwards, you can decide if you need to expand on what you do have, get more info, or delete stuff depending on how long your paper is. I had the same fear when I was first told to write a five page paper comparing writing and singing.
Reply:You have your sources and your topic , now what is your thesis and why. Basically what is it about your topic that you want people to believe and for what reasons ( This is your thesis) The rest of the paper is expanding on your reasons using your sources that are credible and back up your point. You then conclude with a summation.
Reply:Make an outline. Type the main points and use your sources to fill in details until you have the 6 pages that you need.
Reply:Well first you have to decide what your focus of the paper is and then you have to have an opening with a thesis, the body of the paper which is where you will put all of the pertinent information and then make sure you have a closing that will leave a good impression.





The thesis statement goes at the end of the first paragraph.





Six pages is nothing. I do that in a few hours, once your research is done. Don't make too much out of it. It is only a paper.
Reply:Do a draft with a nice intro and see where it goes. I can't remember much from my college English class, but I know I got really sweet grades! Be creative!
Reply:research as much as u can and use the sources as bext as u can. 6 pages is nothing, really and remember..euphimisms help in filling up the pages.
Reply:First take all the sources and write your reference section. This will allows you to quickly and easily note the reference next to the appropriate statements. Otherwise it will be a mess later to try to figure out.





Next write down the relevant points that you want to mention from each article and book, with the citation next to the block of information.





The arrange the various points in a logical manner that develops from one concept and leads into the next concept.





Add an introduction, discussion section, and summary, and any other sections required by the instructor, and you are done.





After two masters degrees, I got this process down to a science. No pun intended.
Reply:encarta.com great site for research!!!
Reply:Look at the index of those books to find out what things you want to focus on in your paper. Then, scan the books and as you are finding stuff that you want to include in your research paper write it in notecards (make sure to put the page number and what book it is from the in the notecard). Then get all your notecards together and arrange them by subject. Then start writing your paper off the notecards, after you use a notecard make sure to site (it should be easy because the book and page number will be on the notecard).
Reply:It's good that you've got a topic and sources, now pick them apart and find all the quotes from each of them that fit the topic you are trying to prove. I know it seems like a lot, but it'll make your job so much easier. I usually copy all the useful quotes and paragraphs I want to paraphrase from all my sources onto a separate document, so I have them all in one place and every time I need a quote, I just consult my nice list and pick one that is best suited. Make sure to make notes of what quotes go to what sources, it'll be awful if you don't and have to go find out what quote you got from where.





Go over the main points you want to cover. I personally really don't like outlines, but if you do, make one. Then, just start writing. Everyone has their own style. I really like things to be perfect on the first time, so I know I need to work very strongly against that urge and just spit out a bunch of stuff, even if it doesn't make sense. As soon as you get a thought you want to pursue, write a paragraph for it, you can rearrange later. Even if all you have ends up being 5 straight pages of what you think is just a bunch of mumbo jumbo, the thoughts are there and will eventually connect. You just have to do a lot of trimming and adding to get it just right.





I know this should go without saying, but I've worked with my peers in college, but some of them still don't know - you do not have to include everything that deals with a certain topic all in the same paragraph. You could end up having paragraphs that go on for over a page, and I've read some essays that even have 2 page long paragraphs. Think of your paper in chunks instead of paragraphs. Each chunk can contain a lot of different paragraphs that all have one uniting topic. If you do not write this way naturally, just write those long paragraphs to start with and then organize your thoughts into smaller paragraphs. It is easier to read papers when they are in smaller chunks.





If you've got enough research, this won't be too hard. I had my first 10 page paper due last semester, and I thought I'd never be able to write that much, but once I got started, I ended up with about 13 pages that I loved.





Best of luck.
Reply:Whenever I have a research paper I always start by reading up about it on wikipedia.com. Although wikipedia isn't a legitimate source, it gives me a good idea of what I'm getting myself into and helps me get started on what exactly I want to focus my paper on. Plus wikipedia cites sources at the bottom, so I often end up reading those sources and siting them in my own paper.





Just to reiterate (if you aren't already aware) you should never ever use wikipedia as a source. Your prof will flip a lid. I know a guy who got an F for citing wikipedia. Just use it to get some background info.
Reply:Just strart by doing a rough draft and piece it together.
Reply:Start writing
Reply:Just copy and paste it off the internet.