Research, Research and more Research

My research process is mostly going to include a lot of articles and journal entries. To find these pieces of work I’ll probably use the Gale library that BYU offers and by using very specific key words. I know if I have a very specific part of my issue that I look up and research, my researching will be really easy, and this paper will be very easy to write because I will learn a lot about my topic.

I find researching really easy if I know what I am looking for, and if I am able to find answers to what I am looking for. I know researching is very useful, and at times can be very frustrating. I feel like researching is one of those things that can go your way at times, and in other situations it may be one of the longest process ever, that is why I intend to narrow my research so I am able to find exactly what I need to make my issue paper persuasive and very informative so I can sound like an authoritative source.

I have been able to research my topic and I have found many peer reviewed, and scholarly articles and journals that will be able to help me prove my argument. I think one of the things I will probably struggle with is making a voice for my paper, and making it persuasive enough for my audience. Of the things I have researched, I have been able to save and bookmark them all so I can find them easily again. Every key word I have searched for I have noted and kept record of so I can just focus and stay on topic.

One of the things that I worry a lot a bout with writing long paper like this one, is my thinking. I usually have a lot of scattered thoughts, and since we will be required to write so long of a paper, I feel like I will just be so scattered that all the time I spend will just not be as effective as I thought it was.

Things I want to change about my research process is to have a main focus and not to do so much research in long periods of time, but take my research step by step and little by little so I can be effective and just keep my paper fresh, and not make it sound so much like a drag. I have noticed in essays I tend to rush at the end, and don’t make an effective concluding paragraph that my essay doesn’t end on a good note.