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Research or TermPROCEDURE FOR WRITING A TERM PAPER A term (or research)paper is primarily a mark of intelligent reading in several sources on a particular subject. The task of writing such is not as formidable as it seems if it is plan out in advance as a definite procedure with systematic perpetration.CHOOSING A SUBJECT Most good papers are built around questions. You can find subjects in any textbook. Simply take some part of the text that interest you and examine it carefully. Ask yourself the following things nigh it to see if you can locate a question to answer in your paper. Does it tell you all you might wish to learn about the subject? argon you sure it is accurate? Does the author make any assumptions that need examining? Can two of the more interesting sections in the text be shown to be be in some useful way? Your paper is an attempt to write a well-organized answer to whatever question you decide upon, using facts for the purpose of proving (or at least suppo rting) your contention.The most common error made by students in choosing a subject for a term paper is to choose one that is as well general. (The most specific subject will always have enough aspects to furnish a long paper, if you think about it for a while.)FINDING SOURCES OF MATERIALSA. Limitations. impost suggests that you limit your sources to those available on the campus and to those materials which are not more than 20 years old, unless the nature of the paper is such that you are examining older writings from a historical point of view.B. Guides to sources.1) Begin by making a list of subject-headings under which you might expect the subject to be listed.2) Start a circuit board file using the following forms.a) Book and magazine article *i. Subject *ii. Author *iii. Title *iv. Facts of publication *v. Library call number b) News invention *i. Subject *ii. Facts of publication *iii. Headline c) Periodicals *i. Author *ii. Title *iii. Name of periodical *iv. Volume and page number *v. Month and year. Sort these banknotes into (a) books and (b) each intensiveness of periodicals. Then look up call numbers other periodicals and sort out those for each branch library. This sorting save library time.C. Consult the card catalog in the library to locate books - record author, title, publisher, date of publication and call number.