Research Guides: First-Year Writing Seminars: Example Templates and Activities: Additional Resources

Where Do I Start? A guide to starting your research

Annotated Bibliography including 5 sources, 2 of which must be scholarly sources
A research proposal or grant proposal. For example: https://undergradresearch.northwestern.edu/advising/sample-grant-proposals
A synthesis matrix, including 3 sources. For example: https://guides.library.jhu.edu/lit-review/synthesize (from Johns Hopkins U Library)
Follow the citation trail: Scholarly Conversation. Using an assigned article for the course, look at one article it cites or one article that cites it. Where do the articles overlap and diverge in terms of themes or claims?