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Effective Research and Writing: Navigating Subject Selection, Outlining, and Footnoting

Learn how to ace your research and writing tasks by starting with a strong subject selection, creating an outline, and mastering the art of proper footnoting. Understand the importance of footnotes, citing legal cases, and using real-life examples for a compelling paper.

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Effective Research and Writing: Navigating Subject Selection, Outlining, and Footnoting

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  1. RESEARCH AND WRITING

  2. START WITH A SUBJECT KISS

  3. MAKE AN OUTLINE • Introduction – what the paper is about • Define the subject • Use examples • Real life • Legal cases • Summarize

  4. FOOTNOTES Anytime you quote anything that has been written by someone else, you must give credit to that author. You do that by footnoting.

  5. PURPOSES OF FOOTNOTES • To convey subordinate ideas • To serve as references • To identify the source

  6. PATTERNS - BOOK Author, book title, PUBLISHER, place of publication, year of publication, page number William A. Sabin, The Gregg Reference Manual, 9th Edition, MCGRAW HILL PUBLISHING COMPANY, New York, New York, 2004

  7. PATTERNS - COURT CASE NEVER, EVER, USE A CASE WITHOUT CITING THE CASE IN FULL

  8. PATTERNS - COURT CASE CITY OF WORTHINGTON v. CITY OF COLUMBUS, 100 Oh.St.3d 103, 796 N.E. 920 (2003)

  9. NO! NO! If you cite a website, NEVER use: www.cwla.org The proper way is: Child Welfare League of America, www.cwla.org

  10. “THE BIBLE” William A. Sabin, The Gregg Reference Manual, 9th Edition, MCGRAW HILL PUBLISHING COMPANY, New York, New York, 2004

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