Scholarly Works

1. How to Write

1.1. Genre

1.1.1. Analytical

1.1.2. Argumentative

1.2. Choose a topic

1.2.1. Find interested topic

1.2.2. Brainstorm for ideas to write

1.3. Identify audience

1.3.1. Professor

1.3.2. Peers

1.3.3. Academic readers

1.4. Steps to write

1.4.1. Research

1.4.2. Outline

1.4.3. Drafting

1.4.4. Revising

1.4.5. Editing

1.4.6. Proofreading

2. Rules of Academic Integrity

2.1. What is Plagiarism?

2.1.1. making someone else's work your own

2.2. Deliberately plagiarize

2.2.1. rewriting book or article

2.2.2. copy and pasting

2.2.3. buy/download/borrow paper

2.3. Accidentally plagiarize

2.3.1. failure to cite

2.3.2. failure to paraphrase/summarize

2.3.3. recycle old paper

3. How to Read academic article

3.1. Abstract

3.2. Introduction

3.3. Conclusion

3.4. Skim Body 4 connection w/ argument

3.4.1. Pay attention to section titles, tables, figures

3.4.2. Get a better flow of the article

3.4.3. Focus on most important areas

3.5. Analyze author's argument

3.6. Compare article to others with same topic