Before you start searching for sources, you need to know the nuts and boltsof your topic. Background information will help you:
Understand the basic elements of your topic
Narrow and focus your research question
Determine relevant keywords and search terms
Plan your research
Background research can take many forms, such as general googling or reading a wikipedia article. However, subject encyclopedias are trustworthy, academic sources written by experts on the subject. Subject encyclopedia entries, or articles,also include a list of references, or further reading on the subject, that you can also use for your research.
If your essay has a thesis, your thesis statement will typically appear at the end of your introduction, even though that is not a hard-and-fast rule. You may, for example, follow your thesis with a brief road map to your essay that sketches the basic structure of your argument.
While the specific steps might differ slightly depending on the research methodology and field, generally, the seven steps of the research process are:
An APA-style paper includes the following sections: title page, abstract, introduction, method, results, discussion, and references. Your paper may also include one or more tables and/or figures. Different types of information about your study are addressed in each of the sections, as described below.
Introduction: My name is Nicola Considine CPA, I am a determined, witty, powerful, brainy, open, smiling, proud person who loves writing and wants to share my knowledge and understanding with you.
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