The two things I have learned during my research work so far are the value of the research sources in the beginning of the process and the value the notecards can have. What I mean by the value of the research sources in the beginning is that I initially thought I had to get all of my sources on line through the Aldrich Library and this limited me. If I had it to do over I would have gotten more sources from the web and from a public library. This would have been valuable for me. What I mean by the value of the notecards is that now I would do a better job of writing information on the notecards and them grouping them a little differently. I would do these things differently because I think it would help make things easier with my outline and then my paper.
One of the problems I had with my paper was that because my notecards weren't done exactly like I could have done them, when writing my outline and paper I had to do a lot of rereading of my sources. I could remember what I had read and what I wanted to say but I couldn't always remember the exact source so I spent a lot of time having to reread the research. Also, I wish I could make my paper flow better.
Yes I agree with you that the information in your notecards are crucial to a good paper because you do not want the information to be false or even plagiarized. Good blog.
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