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LO1 Follow the are: (1) find a topic and create a research
five steps for question; (2) find and evaluate information from
writing a various sources; (3) outline your paper and take

research notes from your sources; (4) draft your paper;
paper. and (5) format your paper and cite your sources.

What are the five
steps for writing a
research paper?

(See pp. 248–254.)

LO2 Paraphrasing is expressing the essence of

Demonstrate another person’s idea in your own words,
two essential without copying the phrasing or sentence
research structure of the original idea. Summarizing
skills: involves the same skills but longer source

paraphrasing material.
and

summarizing.

What is
paraphrasing? How

is summarizing
different from
paraphrasing? (See

pp. 254–260.)

LO3 Apply APA If you are in a field such as English language

style or MLA and literature, media studies, or cultural studies,
style to your your field uses MLA style. If you are in
own research psychology, sociology, business, economics,

paper. nursing, or criminal justice, your field uses APA
style.