Step 1 By Tue Jul 10, 2018: Understand your assignment

• Suggestions for understanding your assignment

• Terms frequently used in writing assignments

Step 2 By Tue Jul 10, 2018: Select and focus topics

• Choosing a topic, Narrowing your topic

• Do some preliminary research

Step 3 By Tue Jul 10, 2018: Write working thesis

• Write a working thesis statement to help guide your research

• Narrowing your thesis statement

Step 4 By Tue Jul 10, 2018: Design research strategy

• Visit a librarian for expert guidance on getting started with your research

• Watch this video on how to do library research

Step 5 By Wed Jul 11, 2018: Find, review, and evaluate books

• Need to find primary sources? Learn more on our Primary Sources Guide.

• Keep careful notes with sources clearly indicated

• Use a citation tool to easily keep track of your sources

• Not happy with the material you find? Get help from a reference librarian

• Cornell's seven steps

Step 6 By Fri Jul 13, 2018: Find, review, and evaluate journal/magazine/newspaper articles

• Learn how to find journal articles

• Use Research Guides to find an article index on your topic

• Use a citation tool to easily keep track of your sources

• Not happy with the material you find? Get help from a reference librarian

• Need to find scholarly or peer-reviewed articles? Learn on our Scholarly versus Popular Sources Guide

Step 7 By Fri Jul 13, 2018: Find, review, and evaluate web sites

• Criteria for evaluating Internet sources

• Use a citation tool to easily keep track of your sources

Step 8 By Fri Jul 13, 2018: Outline or describe overall structure

• Create an outline to help guide your writing

• Make an appointment at the UBC Writing Centre

• Tips on Organizing your outline

Step 9 By Sat Jul 14, 2018: Write 1st draft

• Writing Resources

• Dealing with writer's block

• Step-by-step to creating a 1st draft

Step 10 By Sun Jul 15, 2018: Conduct additional research as necessary

• Get help from a reference librarian

• UBC Library Research Guides

Step 11 By Mon Jul 16, 2018: Revise and rewrite

• Steps for revising your paper

• Visit the UBC Writing Centre's Tutor

• Get tips on avoiding Plagiarism

• Writing a reverse outline

Step 12 By Tue Jul 17, 2018: Put paper in final form

• How to Cite Sources

• Use a citation tool to easily keep track of your sources

• Use the Elements of Style to check your grammar and put the finishing touches on your paper

• Proofread your assignment

• Proofreading Handbook

Glossary of Task Words

https://student.unsw.edu.au/glossary-task-words

Developing a Thesis Statement

http://wiki.ubc.ca/File:Thesis_Statements.pdf