HON499_Fall 2024_Moon Library Instruction_Harris: Home

I. Research, researchers, and readers -- Prologue : becoming a researcher -- Thinking in print : the uses of research, public and private -- Connecting with your reader : creating a role for yourself and your readers -- II. Asking questions, finding answers -- Prologue : planning your project -- an overview -- From topics to questions -- From questions to a problem -- From problems to sources -- Engaging sources -- III. Making an argument -- Prologue : assembling a research argument -- Making good arguments : an overview -- Making claims -- Assembling reasons and evidence -- Acknowledgments and responses -- Warrants -- IV. Writing your argument -- Prologue : planning again -- Planning and drafting -- Organizing your argument -- Incorporating sources -- Communicating evidence visually -- Introductions and conclusions -- Revising style : telling your story clearly -- V. Some last considerations -- The ethics of research -- A postscript for teachers.