Get started: understand the assignment and familiarize yourself with basics of style requirements
If you are a noobie to research papers, it is probably a good idea, before you "dig in" to the assignment,
to do a little "research research." Familiarize yourself with the different kinds of research paper assignments,
and make sure that you understand what you are being asked to do. Here are a few links that will help with
that:
You will also want to make sure you understand the "style rules" you are being asked to follow when you
format your document and references. Most college assigments require either APA (American Psychological
Association), MLA (The Modern Language Association), or Turabian. We've prepared brief "basics" summaries
for APA and Turabian -- a similar summary for MLA is in the works.