Assignment Calculator
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Step 1 | By 5 am Thu Jan 01: Understand your assignment |
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• Understanding Assignments (UNC Chapel Hill) • Understanding the Assignment (OWL Purdue) • Set up a Library PIN (request & renew books, off-campus access to databases) • Set up a Writing Center account (if desired) | |
Step 2 | By 5 am Thu Jan 01: Select and Focus Topic |
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• Understanding Writing Situations (CSU Writing Center) • Topic Selection Tips (Research for Teens) • Working with Topics (CSU Writing Center) • Refine your Topic (OWL Purdue) • Getting Started (.doc) (University of New Orleans) | |
Step 3 | By 5 am Thu Jan 01: Write Working Thesis |
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• Moving from Topic to Thesis (CSU Writing Center) • Building a Thesis Statement (CSU Writing Center) • Thesis Statements and Research Questions (OWL Purdue) • How to Write a Thesis Statement (Indiana) | |
Step 4 | By 6 am Thu Jan 01: Design Research Strategy |
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• Ask a Librarian (CSU Libraries) • Subject Guides - places for you to start your research (CSU Libraries) • Research Strategy (CSU Libraries) • Designing a Research Strategy (University of Minnesota) • Five Steps to Better Research Tutorial - building a search vocabulary (CSU Libraries) • Other Library Tutorials (CSU Libraries) • Current Issues Research (CSU Libraries) • Biographical Research (CSU Libraries) • Working Habits that Work (Princeton) | |
Step 5 | By 7 am Thu Jan 01: Find, review and evaluate books |
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• Search the Library Catalog (CSU Libraries) • Searching the Library Catalog SAGE on the Web (CSU Libraries) • Help with Finding Books (CSU Libraries) • Finding a Book on the Shelf (CSU Libraries) • How to Evaluate Books (CSU Libraries) • Book Reviews (CSU Libraries) • Remember: Keep careful notes with sources clearly indicated | |
Step 6 | By 10 am Thu Jan 01: Find, review, and evaluate journal/magazine/newspaper articles |
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• How to Find an Article - quick version (CSU Libraries) • Quick link to a database for magazine and journal articles (CSU students only) • Quick link to a database for newspaper articles (CSU students only) • Finding Articles - more detailed version (CSU Libraries) • Popular Magazines vs. Trade Magazines vs. Journals (CSU Libraries) • How to Evaluate Journal Articles (CSU Libraries) • Evaluation Clues for Articles Found on the Web or in Library Databases (CSU Libraries) • Remember: Keep careful notes with sources clearly indicated | |
Step 7 | By 11 am Thu Jan 01: Find, review, and evaluate web sites |
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• How to Search the Web (CSU Libraries) • How to Evaluate a Web Page (CSU Libraries) • Web Search (CSU Libraries) • Evaluating Sources (University of Minnesota) | |
Step 8 | By 11 am Thu Jan 01: Outline or describe overall structure |
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• Starting to Write
(CSU Writing Center) • Using Outlines (Indiana) | |
Step 9 | By 12 pm Thu Jan 01: Write first draft |
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• Writing Your First Draft
(OWL Purdue) • The Campus Writing Center at CSU - you can get one on one help with your writing • Find out if a computer lab is open on campus (CSU) | |
Step 10 | By 1 pm Thu Jan 01: Conduct additional research as necessary |
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• Ask a Librarian (CSU Libraries) • Repeat Steps Five, Six and Seven as necessary | |
Step 11 | By 4 pm Thu Jan 01: Revise & rewrite |
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• Revising Your Work (University of Minnesota) • The Campus Writing Center at CSU | |
Step 12 | By 5 pm Thu Jan 01: Put paper in final form |
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• Citing Sources (University of Minnesota) • Citing Sources (Duke University) • Guides for Specific Documentation Systems (CSU Writing Center) • The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. |
Based on the original Assignment Calculator from the University of Minnesota Libraries.