Research Paper Outline

RESEARCH PAPER OUTLINE

Basic Background Settings:

Subject for research

--Biology

Proposed research topic

--Blossoms

Generalized Structure of Research Paper:

1 – Title

(Acknowledgements)

2 – Abstract

3 – Contents Page

4 – Introduction

5 – Body

6 – Conclusion

7 – Bibliography

Detailed Instructions on Research Steps:

1. Use the Internet and textbooks first as a quick reference on the main direction that my research should follow.

2. Walk around and observe the campus carefully, in order to find some typical flower species that blossom at different season and choose 2 or 3 flower species from these as the specific examples that will be put emphasis on in my research paper.

3. In the following steps, use both the primary resources as well as the secondary resources to learn deeply about the characteristics of these flower species and how these characteristics are related to the unique season of their blossom.

4. During the process, try to select some important aspects as the study objects of the ways in which the 2 or 3 specific flower species differ in terms of their different seasons of blossoms.*

5. Using all of the above as resources, draw a generalized conclusion by listing the important factors that are involved in this problem. Try to make them in the order of from greater importance to smaller importance.

6. During all of the process above, it is necessary and important to ask the specialized teachers or other experts with the expertise in this aspect, in terms of determining some important information, including the proper directions that the research should follow and some advanced knowledge involved in the question.

7. During all of the process above, it is essential to make sure that all the reference included in this paper that are taken from other essays, research papers, etc. should be recorded carefully and entirely in the bibliography or other parts in the paper, in order to forestall the happening of plagiarisms.**

*: In fact, there may be a lot of ways in which the 2 or 3 specific flower species differ

from each other. However, it may be possible to exceed the word limit of the research paper. Therefore, it is enough to list only important factors involved in the problem of the research paper.

**: It is important to keep in mind that even the source of reference is not recorded for accidental reasons, it will still be regard as a plagiarism.