Research Terminology

What is the systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions.

• Research 
• Primary source 
• Scholary Source 
• Research Question

What is the rewording of something written or spoken by someone else that is included within the final research essay? This is included in the majority of the essay instead of quotations.

• Quotations
• Paraphrases 
• Citations 
• Parenthetical Citations

This is a required page that will come directly after your final research essay. This page will list all sources used in the paper to provide proper credit. 

• MLA Citations 
• Works Cited 
• Citations 
• Parenthetical Citations 

This a series of tests (on currency, authority, point-of-view/person, and reliability) to check a source's credibility. 

• Attention Getter 
• Authority 
• Source 
• CRAP Test 

This type of source  provides direct or firsthand evidence about an event, object, person, or work of art

• Scholarly Source 
• Primary Source 
• Secondary Source 
• Popular Source 

This step will occur prior to writing a draft of your research paper. This provides a general description or plan of your essay with basic concepts. but not much detail. 

• Synthesis 
• Research Question
• Outline
• Claim 

When a source has been tested and it is accurate, recent, unbiased, and trustworthy. 

• Scholarly 
• Credible 
• Claim 
• Plagarism

This is  a global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols. 

• Data Collection
• Database
• Resources 
• Internet 

These appear following evidence within a research essay.  These are citations to original sources right after the evidence that typically includes the page number and author’s last name. 

• Parenethical Citations
• Citations
• Works Cited Page 
• MLA formatting

This expresses how long ago something occurred, took place, or was published. The limit for research paper is five years.

• Reliability 
• Pathos 
• Authority 
• Currency