Ensuring Your Research Is Complete
At this point, you must decide whether you have enough research and whether your research is complete. To make this decision, ask yourself the following questions:
• Do I have the required number and types of sources listed in the assignment?
• Have I met the word-count requirement for my paper?
• Do I have adequate support to defend each of my main points and to support my thesis?
• Have I used logical reasoning and other persuasive tactics such as statistics and examples?
• Do I have sources that explain opposing viewpoints? Have I effectively countered these viewpoints?
• Are at least 80% of the notes I have taken written in my own words? No more than 20% of your paper should consist of direct quotations.