EndNote is software that can organize, store, and input citations into Word documents to help you with your research. The College of St. Scholastica has a site license which offers two options for you to access Endnote and you can either pick one or use both as the situation warrants.
EndNote has its own YouTube channel to learn more advanced features of this incredibly powerful program:
https://www.youtube.com/user/EndNoteTraining
Step 1 - Decide on a topic
Resources to help you:
Encyclopedias
Current events
Issues and interests in your life
Step 2 - Define your topic
Narrow your topic and break apart its terms, discern what the subject headings are for your topic, combine your terms with Boolean logic (and, or, not)
Resources to help you:
Encyclopedias
Step 3 - Research your topic
Resources to help you:
Getting Started LibGuide
Reference Books
Books & eBooks
Articles
Websites
Your textbook
Step 4 - Organize your topic into subtopics, create an outline
Resources to help you:
Outline Worksheet (Google doc)
Step 5 - Set up your paper in APA 7th style or MLA 8th style
Resources to help you:
Formatting your Paper in APA 7th
Formatting your Paper in MLA 9th
Step 6 - Evaluate your resources and select which ones you will use in your paper
Resources to help you:
How to evaluate resources
Evaluation of Sources Worksheet (Google doc)
Step 7 - Ethically incorporate your resources into your paper - in-text or parenthetical citations
Resources to help you:
How to avoid plagiarism
Look at the articles and your textbook for examples for how they used resources in their writing
Step 8 - Create your References List
Resources to help you:
CSS Library's APA 7th LibGuide
CSS Library's MLA 9th LibGuide
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