Research Papers

• Use your outline to organize your paper.
• Begin your first draft, using details from your notes. Concentrate on clearly communicating the information you learned. You can check spelling and grammar later.
• Follow your teacher's required format. Many schools use standard report writing formats from MLA and APA style manuals.
• Crediting sources in your paper:
• While writing, credit your sources within your paper using parenthetical citations, as necessary (MLA examples, APA examples).
• Credit all sources at the end of your paper by creating your works cited list using MLA Citation Maker or reference list using APA Citation Maker.
• Find citation examples, citation worksheets, and sample works cited or reference lists in the OSLIS sections titled MLA Secondary Resources and APA Citation Resources.

You may find rubrics/scoring guides helpful in creating your project.

Next => Now that you have written your first draft, it is time to go to the next step of the OSLIS research process: Present.