RMF - The Research Process Lesson

In the previous lesson, the Brainstorm portion of the Writing Process mentioned adding evidence to prove your claims. There is a process and structure for formatting an essay, finding your sources, and citing the sources that provide a writer with evidence. View the videos below to learn about the Research Process:

The Research Process Part I

The Research Process Part II

MLA Format

View the video below that demonstrates how to set up your essay in MLA Format:

Finding and Documenting Reliable Sources

Remember that your sources must be from appropriate websites if you are finding the sources online. Using search engines like Gale and Galileo will always yield reliable sources, so make sure to ask your instructor for the password to use Galileo. Otherwise, you need to find all of the required information to write the Source Citation for the Works Cited at the end of your essay.

View the video below for instructions on using general search engines to find and cite reliable websites:

Using Galileo to Find and Cite Reliable Sources

View the video below for instructions on using Galileo to find and cite reliable sources:

The Source Citation v. In-Text Citation

Let's learn how the source citation looks (on the Works Cited page) and also what the corresponding in-text citation looks like in the body of the essay.

Source Citation & In-text Citation for An Article from Galileo

Source Citation & In-text Citation for An Article from a Website

After reviewing citations, you will demonstrate your understanding of finding and documenting sources and evidence. In your final project, you will use your brainstorm from this module and show that you can gather the support needed to prove the claims you make in the thesis and topic sentences of your brainstorm.

In the activity below, see how well you know and understand the research process.

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