Research Format
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Using Gale

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Try this link.

If it doesn't work,

follow these steps.

 

>Go to the GPISD home page

>Students

>Library Resources

>GPISD Databases

>Gale Database

>Middle School Resources

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Click 'Sign in with Google'

to link it to your Google drive and use

'Research in Context'.

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When you find articles you like,

you can add them to you Google drive. There, you can highlight and add notes

(for a grade) like this.

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LOTS of Resources

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Overview

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The Outline

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Introduction

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Thesis

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Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing

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Conclusion

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Citing Sources

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Format

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Samples

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Formatting Your Paper

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Every page:

Georgia font (or whatever your teacher requests)

12 point font

no bold or underlining.

1 inch margin on all sides

header in top-right corner (1/2 inch down) with student's last name and page number

double-spaced

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All of the above should be set as the default.

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First page:

 

In the left-hand corner, but NOT in the header

student's first and last name

teacher's title and last name

course name

date submitted

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Centered (no bold, no underline, no italics)

 title of paper

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Look at this sample paper to see what the first page

(and everything else)

should look like.

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Formatting the Body

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Purdue OWL

 

EasyBib

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Indian River State College

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Sample Encounters 8 paper

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