Research Vocabulary

Get or gather information from various sources

Websites, journals, magazines, newspapers, videos, etc. that provide information on a topic

a comprehensive collection of related sources, articles, etc. organized for convenient access, generally in a computer.

a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation

Physical or digital cards that are used to document and organize your source information

A mode that presents the results of investigation on a selected topic

Support from sources that backs up a writer’s claim and points

To quote from a source or sources, requires proper formatting with quotation marks

A type of formatting from

the Modern Language Association used to avoid plagiarism in the humanities

and English depts; currently using 8th edition

the address of a World Wide Web page