Instructors expect students to be able to:

• Search broadly to locate sources that contain information relevant to the thesis.
• Identify evidence accurately and thoroughly - whether verbal or visual.
• Evaluate, organize, and assemble visual and verbal evidence into a hierarchy that explains their relative significance.

Here are some resources to help:

• Evaluating Print Sources (UNC)

• Gathering Evidence (UNC)

• Considering Structure (Dartmouth)

• Finding Sources (Dartmouth)

• Summarizing your Sources (Dartmouth)

• Categorize your Sources (Dartmouth)

• Paragraphs (UNC)

• Writing Effective Paragraphs (Richmond)

• Outlines (UNC)

• Creating Outlines (Richmond)

• Reverse Outlines (UNC)