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11<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="4"><B>Are you conducting research for a paper/project?</B></font><font color="#FFFFFF"></p>
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13<blockquote>
14<p><font face="Arial">Conducting research for a paper or project can be a rewarding
15 academic experiment.&nbsp; It's a bit like detective work - your teacher or
16 professor tells you to write about a subject, and off you go....&nbsp; You
17 have to wade through tons of information, and then - out of thousands of words
18 - decide what to include in your paper or project.&nbsp; It can be
19 frustrating, and sometimes boring, but you're guaranteed to learn (and that
20 is, after all, the ultimate goal of education.) </font></p>
21 <P><font face="Arial"><B>The first step</B> is the most obvious - <B>choosing a topic</B>.&nbsp;
22 Choose something which interests you!&nbsp; Research can be fun if you're
23 actually interested in the topic.&nbsp; But if you're not, it can be boring
24 and frustrating. <BR>Now quite often you can't choose your topic.&nbsp; But
25 even if you don't have a choice, the right attitude is important.&nbsp; Don't
26 look at the research as a chore - look at it as an opportunity to learn new
27 things which may be useful to you one day.&nbsp; Who knows?&nbsp; The love of
28 your life might turn out to be a Tudor fanatic. </font>
29 <P><font face="Arial">Once you're topic has been chosen, you're ready for <B>step two</B> -
30 <B>background reading</B>! <BR>Read a general introduction to your topic,
31 either in your textbook or an encyclopedia.&nbsp; This will only take a little
32 while, and it's invaluable. <BR>After all, if you're doing a paper on Henry
33 VIII, it helps to have read a brief biography of his life.&nbsp; Then, while
34 you're doing more specialized research, you can place the research in its
35 proper context. <BR>If you want to do further reading on Tudor history, please
36 visit the <A href="biblio.html">Tudor
37 Bibliography</A>.&nbsp; It's a list of the works I used to create this site.</font><P>
38<font face="Arial">Background research leads to <B>step three</B> - <B>narrow your topic to
39 acceptable limits</B>. <BR>If you only have to write a 3-5 page paper, don't
40 choose something like the Reformation.&nbsp; Instead, choose a particular
41 aspect of the Reformation.&nbsp; A good idea is to do background reading, and
42 write down some 'key words'.&nbsp; Perhaps one of the 'key words' will become
43 your final topic. <BR>Another idea is to use the 'key words' to make questions
44 or statements.&nbsp; If you're writing about the Reformation in England, you
45 could write the following - The Reformation in England was different than the
46 Reformation in Germany.&nbsp; Or, Was the Reformation in England different
47 than the Reformation in Germany? <BR>Answering such questions, or finding
48 support for the statements, can guide your research.&nbsp; Create as many
49 questions and statements as you need. </font>
50 <P><font face="Arial">Once you have narrowed your topic, move on to <B>step four</B> - <B>more
51 background research</B>! <BR>Once again, head for the encyclopedias.&nbsp;
52 They will give you a summary of the narrowed topic and familiarize you with
53 the major themes and vocabulary you will encounter later. <BR>Also, most
54 encyclopedias include a bibliography which lists the major scholarly works
55 related to your topic.&nbsp; Once you have that list, head to the library and
56 use the internet. </font>
57 <P><font face="Arial"><B>And keep it simple!</B> <BR>Whenever you're writing a paper, always keep
58 its length in mind.&nbsp; A short paper (3-5 pages) doesn't require the same
59 amount of research as a longer paper.&nbsp; Don't make yourself work harder.
60 <BR>If you're interested in a topic beyond what you can include in the paper,
61 that's great - but immerse yourself in the topic during personal time.&nbsp;
62 Don't let your paper become more than you can handle.&nbsp; And too much
63 detail can drown your topic and lower your grade.&nbsp; It's natural to want
64 to impress your teacher or professor with the breadth of your knowledge, but
65 too much detail can actually be harmful to the presentation of a clear,
66 concise argument. </font>
67 <P><font face="Arial">If you start feeling lost or confused, talk to your teacher.&nbsp; After
68 all, they know exactly what they want in a paper. </font>
69 <P><font face="Arial">And now some information about using my sites for research, or the internet
70 in general.... </font>
71 <P>&nbsp;<CENTER>
72 <P><U><FONT size=+1 face="Arial">Help for students conducting research on the 'World Wide
73 Web'</FONT></U></CENTER>
74 <P><font face="Arial">Conducting research on the internet can be a tricky and confusing
75 experience.&nbsp; Luckily for us all, the Department of English at Saint Louis
76 University has created <A
77 href="http://www.slu.edu/departments/english/research/">a website to help
78 everyone</A> - please take the time to explore this valuable resource.&nbsp;
79 Also, I have collected information about 'Citing Electronic Sources'.&nbsp;
80 With these tools, you should be able to research and write about any topic -
81 and use the internet as authoritatively as you use the library! </font>
82 <P><font face="Arial">If you prefer to cut and paste links, the link to the Saint Louis
83 University site is: <BR><font color="#FFFFFF">
84 <a href="http://www.slu.edu/departments/english/research/">http://www.slu.edu/departments/english/research/</a>
85 </font></font><font color="#FFFFFF">
86 <P>&nbsp;</font><P align="center"><u><font face="Arial" size="4">Copyright
87information for this website</font></u><P><font face="Arial">I'm very happy that
88so many people from all over the world use this site for research.&nbsp; It's
89the reason I created the site and continue to work on it.&nbsp; Many of you have
90written and asked how to cite my work in your papers and reports.&nbsp; This is
91the correct format based upon both the Turabian/Chicago and MLA styles:<br>
92&nbsp;<br>
93Hanson, Marilee. &quot;Contemporary Descriptions of Anne Boleyn.&quot; <i>
94EnglishHistory.net</i>. 2001. http://englishhistory.net/tudor/annedesc.html (7
95May 2001).</font><P><font face="Arial">You must change the article title to
96reflect what you are quoting and&nbsp; use the date you read the source here.
97</font>
98<p><font face="Arial">Please visit the following sites to learn more - <A
99 href="http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/cite.html"><font color="#000000">The LOC's
100Citing Electronic Sources</font></A> page and the <font color="#FFFFFF">
101<a href="http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html">
102<font color="#000000">Columbia University Press</font></a></font> website.</font></p>
103<font color="#FFFFFF">&nbsp;</font><p><font face="Arial">Let me clearly state that citing electronic sources is a valid form of
104 research and accepted at most academic institutions.&nbsp; And I would also
105 like to reassure every visitor to the site that I have checked and
106 double-checked every bit of information included on these pages. </font></p>
107 <P><font face="Arial">Also, if you are citing 'Primary Sources', you do not need to know the
108 original source of the 'primary source'.&nbsp; Again, it is perfectly
109 acceptable to cite an internet page as a source and every teacher should be
110 aware of this - if they're not, tell them. <BR>As I've discovered over
111 the years, simply because a book has its information printed on paper and
112 bound in a nice cover doesn't mean it's accurate.&nbsp; In fact, quite a few
113 recently-published&nbsp; history texts are woefully inaccurate and
114 misleading.&nbsp; So it is best to check and double-check your research,
115 whether it comes from the internet or a library.&nbsp; I recently wrote a
116 rant about this - <font color="#FFFFFF">
117 <a href="http://englishhistory.net/tudor/history.html">
118 <font color="#000000">click here to read</font></a></font>.</font><P>
119<font face="Arial">If you have general questions about copyright law, <A
120 href="http://lcweb.gov/copyright/"><font color="#000000">go to this site</font></A>.&nbsp; This is the
121 homepage of the US Copyright Office; it contains information about
122 international copyright law, too.</font></P>
123 <P>&nbsp;</P><font face="Arial">And now -
124 <B>Copyright information</B>....&nbsp; boring but vital!&nbsp; Here it is, in
125 brief - <B>everything at this site was written by me
126 (Marilee.)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp; Therefore, I hold
127 the copyright for all my original work. </font>
128 <P><font face="Arial">And I take all the blame if it bores you to tears or
129 confuses you endlessly.&nbsp; </font>
130 <P><font face="Arial">The site was created in 1997 and is updated regularly.&nbsp;
131 Visit the <FONT color=#FFFFFF> <a href="http://englishhistory.net/tudor/new.html">
132 <font color="#000000">What's New?</font></a></FONT>
133 page to find out the exact dates.</font><P><font face="Arial">If you need a
134 last name to credit the site, please use Marilee Hanson.</font><P>
135<font face="Arial">I do not hold the sole copyright to anything at the </font>
136<FONT color=#FFFFFF face="Arial"> <A
137 href="primary.html"><font color="#000000">Primary Sources</font></A></FONT><FONT face="Arial">
138 section.&nbsp; Those are original historical documents in the public domain
139 which I collected and transcribed.&nbsp; Yes, it was loads of work to type
140 everything up, but they were simply transcribed (not written) by me.&nbsp;
141 That is why they're called 'Primary Sources'. <BR>I do hold the copyright on
142 the electronic version of the texts, which I typed.&nbsp; This is where the
143 internet becomes confusing - essentially, the words are not mine but by virtue
144 of transcribing them into electronic format, I own this particular version.&nbsp;
145 So I would ask that no one copies my hard work, at least without asking
146 permission and/or giving me credit. </FONT>
147 <P><font face="Arial">As for graphics used here, copyright law allows the use of images for
148 educational purposes, provided no profit is made and the image is not
149 altered.&nbsp; And since I did go to the considerable trouble of scanning the
150 images, I like to be asked before someone 'borrows' them.&nbsp; This simple
151 act of courtesy goes a long way in the happy-go-lucky world of the internet.
152 </font>
153 <P><font face="Arial">If you would like to learn more about the legal use of
154 images, please click </font><FONT color=#FFFFFF face="Arial"> <a href="art.html">
155 <font color="#000000">here</font></a>.</FONT><CENTER>
156 <P><font face="Arial">In the end, your visit to this site makes my work worthwhile. <BR>Thanks
157 for visiting &amp;
158 <a href="mailto:[email protected]?subject=Copyright">
159 <font color="#000000">write to
160 me</font></a> with any specific questions/comments.
161<BR>-Marilee</font></CENTER></P>
162 <p align="center"><font face="Arial"><FONT size=-1><A
163href="http://englishhistory.net/tudor.html"><font color="#000000">to Tudor England</font></A></FONT>
164<BR><FONT size=-1><A href="http://englishhistory.net/byron.html">
165<font color="#000000">to Lord
166Byron</font></A></FONT> <BR><FONT size=-1><A
167href="http://englishhistory.net/keats.html"><font color="#000000">to John Keats</font></A></FONT>
168</font>
169 </p>
170 <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial">You can also visit this GeoCities site for additional help: <BR><A
171href="http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/4184/"><font color="#000000">How to Organize a Research
172Paper and Document It with MLA Citations</font></A>
173<BR>And for further reading on Tudor England, <BR>visit the <A
174href="biblio.html"><font color="#000000">Tudor Bibliography</font></A> -
175<BR>a list of the works I used to create this site.</font></p>
176</blockquote>
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