Best Research Practices

Getting Started and Finding Sources

Non-judgmental Brainstorming

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Tips on Navigating eSources!

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How to Choose a Topic!

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What are you writing?

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Types of Sources, Evaluating Credibility, & Where to Find Them

An Overview of Source Types

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Source Types in the Health Sciences

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What is a Primary Source?

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What is a Secondary Source?

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Is My Source a Credible Source?

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What is Academic vs. Credible

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How to Evaluate Sources

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Choosing Credible Sources (and Avoiding Zombies)!

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Helping Students Spot Fake News

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How False News Spreads

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How to Spot Fake News

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Writing Thesis Statements

1: The BASICS!

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2: A Breakdown!

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3: Examples

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4: Topic vs. Thesis

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How a Thesis Fits Within An Essay

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Using the Thesis Effectively

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Basic Essay Structure

Basic Essay Structure Review

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Paragraph Structure

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Using Source Material: Paraphrasing, Summarizing, and Quoting

See the APA Central page for more in-depth information about paraphrasing, summarizing, quoting, & using citations.

Paraphrases, Summaries, and Quotations: Getting Started

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5 Easy Steps to Paraphrasing

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Quick Review: How to Write a Summary

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How to Summarize a Journal Article with Examples

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Outlining for a Paper

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Choosing and Using Quotations

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5 Steps for Integrating a Direct Quote

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Some Tips and Pointers for Successful Essay Writing

Parts of a Cohesive Essay

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Top Ten Essay Writing "Don'ts"

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Idioms and How to Avoid Them

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Word Choice

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How to Avoid Repetition

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Long & Short Sentences

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Using Analogies

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Avoiding Wordiness

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Excessive Verbiage

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Claims, Fallacies, and Arguments

Inductive vs. Deductive Reasoning

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Claims, Arguments, and Fallacies

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Different Types of Papers

Analysis/Analytical Essays

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Thesis for Analytical Essays

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Note: This teacher uses an interesting choice of words at about the 1:55 minute mark (I think she was shooting for being humorous, but she has no live audience to respond/laugh/nervously chuckle....Please know that NO instructor at Jersey College will "smack your face off" at any point during your thesis development) - but the concepts reviewed for thesis statements regarding analysis/analytical essays are great!