ENG102: First-Year Composition (Lacayo-Salas)

This guide was created specifically for students in ENG102 (First-Year Composition).

What is Research?

Research is formalized curiosity.

It is poking and prying with a purpose.

-Zora Neale Hurston
Dust Tracks on a Road (1942)

Our Path to the Research Paper

  1. Topic Exploration
  2. Research Question
  3. Search Strategy
  4. Annotated Bibliography
  5. Working Thesis
  6. Research Proposal
  7. Draft of paper/revisions
  8. Final Paper

Use the tabs to move through the process.  Each tab will provide some guidance and resources to help accomplish each step in the process, but be sure to consult your instructor as you move forward.

Subjects: English