Oct 01
RECORDING THE FINDINGS
Record primary research findings by a medium that suits your purpose.
Record secondary research findings as notes.
- Taking Notes (decide what to record and how to record the item; Record the sources of all internet-based material)
- Quoting the Work of Others (avoid plagiarism by correctly citing your sources; it is better to paraphrase your borrowed material to draw your conclusions from other works)
- Paraphrasing the Work of Others (to express the original idea in a clear, simple, direct, or emphatic way without distorting the idea and giving full credit to the source)
- Elements of an effective paraphrase:
- reference to the author early in the paraphrase, to indicate the beginning of the borrowed passage
- keywords retained from the original, to preserve the meaning
- original sentences restructured and combined, for emphasis and fluency
- needless words from the original deleted, for conciseness
- your own word and phrases that help explain the author’s ideas, for clarity
- a citation (in parentheses) of the exact source, to mark the end of the borrowed passage and to give full credit
- preservation of the author’s original intent
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