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Academic Research Guide

Find useful tips and strategies for researching, writing, formatting, and editing your papers.

Academic Research Guide

Welcome to Bethlehem College and Seminary Library's Academic Research Guide. It is our delight to serve you in your endeavor "to grow in wisdom and knowledge over a lifetime." (Extract from Bethlehem College and Seminary's Mission Statement, 2009).

What This Guide Does

This guide will walk you through the research process, providing you with a methodology for producing high-quality material.

How to Use This Guide

The best way to use this guide is to read it at the beginning of the semester and refer back to it as you figure out what assignments you have. Consider bookmarking this page.

Outline

The four stages to writing an academic essay are (1) Prep, (2) Write, (3) Cite, and (4) Revise. Each stage will be covered in more detail in the following pages of this guide