Research Guide for Technical Writing Essentials (355:202)

Your assignments for this course will require research using library resources and other resources. See the boxes below for some guidance for each of the assignments.

If you have questions about your research, you can:
- Email Tom Glynn at glynn@rutgers.edu or call him at 848-932-6105.
- Make an appointment to meet with Tom Glynn, in person or online.
- Chat with a librarian 24/7.

If you have suggestions for making this a more useful research guide or want to point out parts of the guide that are unclear to you, email Tom Glynn: glynn@rutgers.edu.

Your first step is to identify a need or opportunity. Identify something that will sustain your interest over the course of a semester. You are much more likely to write a successful proposal if you enjoy researching your topic.

For this, see the Identifying a need or opportunity page.

See the Searching in QuickSearch page, the Searching for Articles in a Database page, and the Requesting Articles and Other Sources page.

To cite in proper APA style, see the Citing your sources, creating a bibliography page.

To learn about scholarly articles and the peer-review process, see Is it scholarly?

Your Letter of Inquiry is a business letter addressed to a potential funder that describes a need or opportunity, the research you've undertaken thus far, provisional information on your plan, and a reasonable budget estimate. For your Letter of Inquiry, see the:
- Identifying a Need or Opportunity page
- Creating a Plan page
- Creating a Budget page

Use and cite sources from your research:
- The Searching in QuickSearch page, the Searching for Articles in a Database page, and the Requesting Articles and Other Sources page.
- To cite in proper APA style, see the Citing your sources, creating a bibliography page.
- To learn about scholarly articles and the peer-review process, see Is it scholarly?

Among other elements, your final proposal must include:
-  A plan: see Creating a Plan
-  A budget: see Creating a budget
-  Additional figures: see Finding data and statistics
- Visual representations of data: see Visual content for your proposal

- Relevant sources from your research:
-- See the Searching in QuickSearch page, the Searching for Articles in a Database page, and the Requesting Articles and Other Sources page. 
-- To cite in proper APA style, see the Citing your sources, creating a bibliography page.
-- To learn about scholarly articles and the peer-review process, see Is it scholarly?