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Research Log Guidelines

A research log helps writers keep track of what they read and record their own responses to sources as part of their research process This note-taking strategy helps writers become actively involved with the material and clarifies their understanding of the topic while identifying connections (and disconnects) among different sources.

Task:

What is significant about this information?
What does this quotation or paraphrase remind you of?
In what way is this aligned with what other source authors have said?
In what way is this different from what other source authors have said?

RESEARCH LOG ENTRY 1

Source title: Source author(s): Source type and location: DOI, if applicable:

Quotation 1 from the source + paraphrase:

Response and/or reflections:.

In what way is this different from what other source authors have said?

Quotation 2 from the source + paraphrase:

Quotation 3 from the source + paraphrase:, quotation 4 from the source + paraphrase:.

In what way is this different from what other source authors have said?

RESEARCH LOG ENTRY 2

Source title: Source author(s): Source type and location: DOI, if applicable:

In what way is this different from what other source authors have said?
In what way is this different from what other source authors have said?

RESEARCH LOG ENTRY 3

Research log entry 4, research log entry 5.

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The Research Process

About the Research Process
1. Choose Your Topic
2. Develop a Research Question/Thesis
Starting your research

Identifying Source Types

Library vs. search engines, language differences when searching.

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QuickSearch
Find Articles
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4. Strengthen Your Search Methods
5. Evaluate & Select Sources
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Research Log

As you begin to locate sources, it is helpful to have a method of tracking what you find. Enter - a research log!

A research log can help you track where to found the source, the details, why it's important to your argument, a citation, and more. Here is a template to get started.

Screenshot of a spreadsheet with columns for Date, Where did I locate this source?, Source title, Author, Year, URL and Summary

Information Literacy Skills Guide

Information Literacy Skills In this guide, learn the definition of information literacy and resources for developing these skills in our daily lives.

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On this page , you will find resources on some foundational ideas like identifying source types, knowing when to use Google vs. The Library, and how to choosing effective keywords.

Once you're ready to start finding sources, use the pages on the left to learn about specific resources.

Source Types

Accessible Description of Source Types

Types of Sources

In the past, scholars were limited in the types of sources that were available - mostly books or newspapers existed. In our current information landscape, there are many different sources types with varying purposes, content, and reliability.

Limit by Source Types

One strength of the Pace Library databases is the option to narrow down search results by type of source. This is something that's not as easy on Google and can make it easier to locate relevant sources!

When you click search and have a list of results, see the options on the left (or right depending on the database!) to check the appropriate boxes to limit by type of source.
Need scholarly, academic articles? Check the Article button to remove the other types of sources and speed up your review of sources!

Purpose, Contents, & Examples

Books (Examples of books such as The Stone Wall Reader and What To Do When You’re New)

Lengthy discussions of topics.
Books often take years to research, write, and then get published.
Usually involves an editorial process of review but not for self-publishing.

Scholarly Journals (Examples of journals such as Research in African Literatures, Applied Mathematics, and Language in Society)

Written & reviewed by scholars or experts in the field.
Can be challenging to read and understand for non-experts
They often reveal trends or developments, & this could include in professions or careers.

Newspapers (Examples of newspapers such as The New York Times, The Guardian, and Journal-News)

Written by professional journalists.
Purpose is to keep the public up to date on current events.
Most newspapers follow a set of journalistic guidelines to report events

Magazines (Examples of magazines such as Rolling Stone, National Geographic, and The New Yorker)

Written for a general, educated audience rather than for professionals or scholars.
Many cover current affairs and politics while other are more about entertainment and human interest.

Trade Journals (Examples of trade journals such as Harvard Business Review, Advertising Age, and American Libraries)

Written by an expert, a professional in the field, or staff writers and reviewed by an editor for style & content. (Not the same as peer-review)
Different than scholarly articles because they report updates in a field, not always research

More Source Types

Media: Radio, TV, Videos, Podcasts

Media varies in purpose, content & reliability and should be evaluated!

Government Reports

As government agencies research current issues, they publish their findings and make them available to the public.

Conference Papers

These presentations are written by professionals in a field about a current topic & given at annual events.

Social Media

Social media posts also vary in purpose, content & reliability and should be evaluated!

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Professors frequently tell students to exclusively use the library for their research. And students might wonder why we even need a library now that we have the internet and Google? It's a fair enough question!

The video below will provide some examples of how these two valuable resources differ as well as their strengths and weaknesses as information tools.

Search Words on the Web

In Google searches, you just type in anything: a question, a sentence, phrases, whatever comes to mind. This usually works for our personal lives and personal needs, and it may work for getting started on a research project.

For example, if you searched for colleges using renewable energy on Google, you will receive results like those below which include lists of colleges and governmental reports.

Search Words in the Databases

Some databases work more effectively when specific language and keywords are used which can include the use of Boolean Operators - AND , OR , and NOT . You have more control over where the search words appear.

How do you craft searches using Boolean Operators? Visit Step 4: Strengthen Your Search Methods for tips on creating effective searches.

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Sample research log.

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As you conduct your research for Portfolio Two, we ask that you keep track of your research process by using a Research Log. The research log can help you:

Keep track of what you are looking for and how that changes during the process
Keep track of where and how you looked for information
Reflect on what you've done and identify next steps
Prepare you to have a conversation about your research with your instructor, a librarian, or a Writing Center tutor.
Research Log Use this track and assess your progress as you look for research information.

Here is the first page of research log for a person just starting to do their research.

Observations

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Research Process: Making Notes, Synthesizing Information, and Keeping a Research Log

A research log is essentially a journal in which you collect information, ask questions, and monitor the results. Even if you are completing the annotated bibliography for Writing Process: Informing and Analyzing [New Tab] , keeping a research log is an effective organizational tool. Most entries have three parts: a part for notes on secondary sources, a part for connections to the thesis or main points, and a part for your own notes or questions. Record source notes by date and allow room to add cross-references to other entries.

Research Log

Before you create your outline for the research essay, you may want to create a research log similar to the student model. The research log will help you to keep track by recording all secondary source information such as your notes, complete publication data, relation to thesis, and other information as indicated in the right-hand column of the sample entry.

Another Lens: Customize the research log for your needs or preferences. You can apply shading or colour coding [New Tab] headers, rows, and/or columns in the three-column format. Or you can add columns to accommodate more information, analysis, synthesis, or commentary, formatting them as you wish. Consider adding a column for questions only or one for connections to other sources. Finally, consider a different visual format [New Tab] , such as one without columns. Another possibility is to record some of your comments and questions so that you have an aural rather than a written record of these.

Review your assignment and customize your research log to fit the task.

Writing Centre

At this point, or at any other point during the research and writing process, you may find that your school’s writing centre can provide extensive assistance. If you are unfamiliar with the writing centre, now is a good time to pay your first visit. Writing centres provide free peer tutoring for all types and phases of writing. Discussing your research with a trained writing centre tutor can help you clarify, analyze, and connect ideas as well as provide feedback on works in progress.

Quick Launch: Beginning Questions

You may begin your research log with some open pages in which you free write, exploring answers to the following questions. Although you generally would do this at the beginning, it is a process to which you likely will return as you find more information about your topic and as your focus changes, as it may during the course of your research.

What information have I found so far?
What do I still need to find?
Where am I most likely to find it?

These are beginning questions. You will come across general questions or issues that a quick note or free write may help you resolve. The key to this section is to revisit it regularly. Written answers to these and other self-generated questions in your log clarify your tasks as you go along, helping you articulate ideas and examine supporting evidence critically. As you move further into the process, consider answering the following questions in your freewrite:

What evidence looks as though it best supports my thesis?
What evidence challenges my working thesis?
How is my thesis changing from where it started?

Creating the Research Log

As you gather source material for your argumentative research paper, keep in mind that the research is intended to support original thinking. That is, you are not writing an informational report in which you simply supply facts to readers. Instead, you are writing to support a thesis that shows original thinking, and you are collecting and incorporating research into your paper to support that thinking. Therefore, a research log, whether digital or handwritten, is a great way to keep track of your thinking as well as your notes and bibliographic information.

In the model below, the author records the correct MLA bibliographic citation for the source. Then, she records a note and includes the in-text citation here to avoid having to retrieve this information later. Perhaps most important, Tran records why she noted this information—how it supports her thesis: The human race must turn to sustainable food systems that provide healthy diets with minimal environmental impact, starting now . Finally, she makes a note to herself about an additional visual to include in the final paper to reinforce the point regarding the current pressure on food systems. And she connects the information to other information she finds, thus cross-referencing and establishing a possible synthesis. Use a format similar to that in Table 1 to begin your own research log.

Types of Research Notes

Bibliographic notes.

These identify the source you are using. When you locate a useful source, record the information necessary to find that source again. It is important to do this as you find each source, even before taking notes from it. If you create bibliographic notes as you go along, then you can easily arrange them in alphabetical order later to prepare the reference list required at the end of formal academic papers. If your instructor requires you to use MLA formatting for your essay, be sure to record the following information:

Title of source
Title of container (larger work in which source is included)
Other contributors
Publication date

When using MLA style with online sources, also record the following information:

Date of original publication
Date of access
DOI (A DOI, or digital object identifier, is a series of digits and letters that leads to the location of an online source. Articles in journals are often assigned DOIs to ensure that the source can be located, even if the URL changes. If your source is listed with a DOI, use that instead of a URL.)

It is important to understand which documentation style your instructor will require you to use. Check the Georgian Library Citation Guide for more details on APA.

Informational Notes

These notes record the relevant information found in your sources. When writing your essay, you will work from these notes, so be sure they contain all the information you need from every source you intend to use. Also try to focus your notes on your research question so that their relevance is clear when you read them later. To avoid confusion, work with separate entries for each piece of information recorded. At the top of each entry, identify the source through brief bibliographic identification (author and title), and note the page numbers on which the information appears. Also helpful is to add personal notes, including ideas for possible use of the information or cross-references to other information. As noted in Using Sources to Support your Writing you will be using a variety of formats when borrowing from sources. Below is a quick review of these formats in terms of note-taking processes. By clarifying whether you are quoting directly, paraphrasing, or summarizing during these stages, you can record information accurately and thus take steps to avoid plagiarism.

Direct Quotations, Paraphrases, and Summaries

A direct quotation is an exact duplication of the author’s words as they appear in the original source. In your notes, put quotation marks around direct quotations so that you remember these words are the author’s, not yours. One advantage of copying exact quotations is that it allows you to decide later whether to include a quotation, paraphrase, or summary. ln general, though, use direct quotations only when the author’s words are particularly lively or persuasive.

A paraphrase is a restatement of the author’s words in your own words. Paraphrase to simplify or clarify the original author’s point. In your notes, use paraphrases when you need to record details but not exact words.

A summary is a brief condensation or distillation of the main point and most important details of the original source. Write a summary in your own words, with facts and ideas accurately represented. A summary is useful when specific details in the source are unimportant or irrelevant to your research question. You may find you can summarize several paragraphs or even an entire article or chapter in just a few sentences without losing useful information. It is a good idea to note when your entry contains a summary to remind you later that it omits detailed information. See Paraphrasing and Summarizing for more detailed information and examples of quotations, paraphrases, and summaries and when to use them.

Other Systems for Organizing Research Logs and Digital Note-Taking

Students often become frustrated and at times overwhelmed by the quantity of materials to be managed in the research process. If this is your first time working with both primary and secondary sources, finding ways to keep all of the information in one place and well organized is essential.

Because gathering primary evidence may be a relatively new practice, this section is designed to help you navigate the process. As mentioned earlier, information gathered in fieldwork is not catalogued, organized, indexed, or shelved for your convenience. Obtaining it requires diligence, energy, and planning. Online resources can assist you with keeping a research log. Your college library may have subscriptions to tools such as Todoist or EndNote. Consult with a librarian to find out whether you have access to any of these. If not, use something like the template shown in Figure 1, or another like it, as a template for creating your own research notes and organizational tool. You will need to have a record of all field research data as well as the research log for all secondary sources.

A computer screen shows an electronic notecard that has separate fields for Title, Source, URL, and Page. Three windows read, “Copy, paste and annotate here,” “In your own words,” and “Original thinking here.”

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Except where otherwise noted, this section is adapted from “ 13.5 Research Process: Making Notes, Synthesizing Information, and Keeping a Research Log ” In Writing Guide with Handbook (OpenStax) by Michelle Bachelor Robinson, Maria Jerskey and featuring Toby Fulwiler, licensed under CC BY 4.0 .

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Using a Research Log

There’s two major reasons for using a research log :

1.) It will keep you organized. Rather than jotting notes in a notebook, filling in the required information for each column in a research log will ensure you’ve collected the needed information before moving on to the next source. You won’t have to keep returning to previous sources or struggle to remember how you found a source because your search terms and databases are in the log. You’ll also never lose a source or forget where a quote came from.

2) It will help you compare your evidence. Having the evidence from all of the sources in one place lets you look at the data side-by-side to evaluate which items would be best to include in your paper. Looking at all of the evidence in a research log can also help you refine your thesis before you begin drafting.

If you have to write a paper that requires research, this tool can save you a significant amount of time, and it could eliminate stress later on in your writing process.

Here’s a template for a Research Log

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Learning outcomes.

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

Demonstrate the ability to inquire, learn, think critically, and communicate when reading in varying rhetorical and cultural contexts.
Identify and analyze relationships between ideas, patterns of organization, and interplay between verbal and nonverbal elements in written texts.
Practice and apply strategies such as interpretation, synthesis, response, and critique to compose texts that integrate the writer’s ideas with those from appropriate sources.

Introduction

Lily Tran created this log entry during the research process for an argumentative research paper assigned in her first-year composition class, as shown in this Annotated Student Sample .

Living by Their Own Words

Planning to write.

public domain text Freewrite: I found this photograph in an article I was reading about food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic. I copied and pasted it here as inspiration for my argumentative research paper. end public domain text

annotated text Lily Tran includes a visual in the freewrite section of her research log. The visual may or may not appear in the final paper, but here, it serves to stimulate her writing and thinking about her topic and possibly connect to other information she finds. end annotated text

public domain text For a sustainable future, food production and processing have to change. So does global distribution. end public domain text

annotated text Tran begins to establish problem-and-solution reasoning, recognizing that there are different stages to food production and that all will be affected by any proposed solution. end annotated text

public domain text The necessary changes will affect nearly all aspects of life, including world hunger, health and welfare, use of land resources, habitats, water, energy use and production, greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, and economics, as well as cultural and social values. end public domain text

annotated text Tran also employs cause-and-effect reasoning in beginning to think about the effects of any proposed change. end annotated text

public domain text These needed changes may not be popular, but people will have to accept them. end public domain text

annotated text She recognizes potential counterarguments to address if the paper is to be persuasive. end annotated text

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Research log.

Before WAC research papers are turned in, you can have a record of your students’ research paths—if you ask them to keep logs. The benefits to you include a record against plagiarism, the ability to monitor and coach their progress, and a record of how much time students are putting into their projects.

What Is a Research Log?

Ask students to keep a record—a very brief one, usually in a notebook—of exactly when and where they were when they did their research. Ask them to report their findings or problems. Ask them to reflect on the findings.

Example of a Research Log

Here’s one quick example:

5/01/17: Home computer: I used the Business and Industry Internet database from the CSU library page to look up articles on my subject of investing in Russia. I found many articles in a variety of journals and magazines. I ordered 3 articles through OhioLink and 1 from Interlibrary Loan. The rest are available in CSU 4th floor periodicals. Time: 2 hours.

5/02/17: CSU library. Finding articles on 4th floor. I scanned 2 of the 5 I found; the other 3 were not helpful—either for economists or on a topic that wasn’t exactly investing in Russia. So far, I am finding many natural resources that seem good bets for investing. Time: 1½ hours.

5/03/17 : I checked the CSU Scholar catalogue but didn’t find any really recent books so I tried OhioLink and ordered 1. Time: 1 hour.

5/04/17: I’m sorting through articles and find that I like one above the rest. The author has credentials that I admire and the article is well written. Time: 2 hours.

5/09/17: My sources have now come in and I’m reading them closely for my research paper. I think my focus will be the particular natural resources that might be in demand in the coming years and which businesses to consider.

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Logs are useful documents that are used to list down information or data of certain processes and events. There are many types of logs that can be used such as a daily log. A daily log is used to record the tasks and events that have happened in a day.

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Keeping a record of these logs is important for future references and is especially important in business. A log sheet is one example of a blank log that you can use to document data. If you need to download samples, the templates available on this page can be useful to you.

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What Is a Research Log?

A research log is a tool that is used to document information or data that you have searched, including the date that the research was done, the data that you have collected, and other relevant information regarding the research. A research log keeps a record of the research that you perform allowing you to have a reference of the websites that you have visited along with the details of the topics that you are searching for. There are various types of research logs such as a physically printed research log, an electronic research log, and an online research log.

How to Do a Research Log

The steps to do a research log are as follows:

The first thing that you will need to do is to download a log template in PDF .
Write the date when the research is done.
Specify the location or place of the research.
Write the name of the individual doing the research and the topic being researched.
Indicate the purpose of the research including the items that you are specifically looking for.
Provide a description of the sources that you have gathered based on the research that you have done.
Write the document number and create a summary of the results.

A sample daily log is also available on this page should you need one.

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What Is the Purpose of a Research Log?

Creating a research log can provide a lot of benefits for the individuals doing the research. Here’s why a research log is essential when doing research work:

A research log ensures that the research will be organized.
It helps individuals in tracking and monitoring the research work that they are doing.
It helps them outline the various sources of the information and data that they have researched.
A research log helps in preventing double searches.
It is important in identifying whether an information has already been found or not.

Guidelines for Creating a Research Log

To help you create a research log, here are some guidelines that you need to follow to ensure that you have an effective research log. The guidelines are as follows:

Remember to always customize your research log to include elements and details that will be useful to you.
Keep the design of your research log simple and informative.
Constantly update and review the information written in the research log to ensure that all the information is accurate.
Make several copies of the research log

Additionally, a free log template and a log template in word can be downloaded to help you outline your log.

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The Research Log

INTRODUCTION: I have taught college composition for almost 20 years. The second half of the composition sequence includes a major research project I call simply the Term Paper. Students receive the assignment in the opening weeks of the term and submit their finished papers immediately before final exams. In my earliest years of assigning the Term Paper, I collected final papers that were routinely poorly focused, poorly developed, and poorly organized. The more serious problem represented in these products was that student writers were not learning and adopting effective habits for research and writing. My regular weekly reminders seemed to have little effect. What I eventually decided on was a regular series of assessments that would motivate the students more directly than reminders and classroom activities. I called it the Research Log: a series of brief weekly research/writing assignments related to the Term Paper. This strategy can be adapted to nearly any class that includes a major research project, provided that the time for working on the project extends over a period of at least a few weeks.

Show writers how to work steadily on an extended project.
Encourage broad (many types of sources) and deep (sources with intense focus) research strategies.
Reinforce critical thinking and writing.

SUPPLIES/SET UP:

This is a semester-long series of short assessments. The following documents are appended at the end of this article, but instructors may wish to adapt any of these to suit a specific learning goal or assessment:

The Term Paper assignment handout
Description of the Research Log
Ten assignments for individual Research Log entries
Rubric for assessing individual Research Log entries
Research Log Survey (post-Term Paper deadline)

DIRECTIONS:

This is an activity extending over several weeks, up to an entire semester. These directions include general time markers, relative to the entire period from assigning the project up to the final deadline. Individual instructors will, of course, adjust and adapt as necessary to meet their students’ specific learning needs.

1. In the first week, assign the Term Paper and the Research Log (RL), and emphasize the importance of the RL to the successful completion of the Term Paper. Remind them that the first RL entry will be due at the end of the third week of the semester. All ten RL assignments are appended. Announce: “The Research Log is your way of working steadily on the Term Paper. It is not an assignment in addition to the Term Paper; it is what you should be doing to complete the Term Paper.” This assignment and questions about it will probably take 30 minutes during the first week of classes.

2. Each week, present the next RL assignment. Answer any questions. Invite students to share experiences and successes with their ongoing research. Always provide a full week between assigning each RL entry and its deadline. You will probably spend about 10-15 minutes per week just on discussing the Research Log and Term Paper progress.

3. As you collect each set of RL entries, read and respond to them carefully. Use the rubric (appended) to evaluate each entry, but remember that this is also a time to formatively assess each entry. The feedback on earlier entries should shape what each student does on upcoming entries. For example, a student who summarizes two sources when the Research Log assignment is to synthesize those sources can be directed to review what it means to synthesize. Ideally, students should receive your feedback on each entry before the next one is due.

4. At midterm, roughly, the sixth RL entry will be due. It is a research proposal, a formal plan for the Term Paper. Schedule an individual conference with each student to discuss their progress on the Term Paper, using the research proposal as the basis for discussion. Ask each student questions based upon his or her proposal, express any concerns you have based upon that proposal, and make pertinent suggestions that seem appropriate based upon your conference. Depending on the number of students and the relative proportion of the assignment as a component of the course, you may find it useful to cancel scheduled class meetings for the week and meet only one on one. Good questions to ask: “How is your research going? What obstacles have you encountered? How have you met those challenges? What areas are giving you the most problems? What can I do to help you at this point?”

5. Continue to assign, read, and assess individual RL entries during the coming weeks. Schedule another round of conferences to coincide with the deadline for the tenth and final RL entry. That entry focuses on a final “matrix” of sources and aspects of the Term Paper topic: which of those sources will address which aspects, and how that matrix can translate into a general structure for The Term Paper. Help guide each student’s choices based on the plan represented in the final RL entry. Good questions to ask: “How do you plan to develop each of these aspects? Where will you synthesize, summarize, and analyze your data? What questions do you have about documenting your sources? What can I do to help you at this point?”

6. Collect final Term Papers two weeks after the deadline for the 10th RL entry.

EXPERIENCES

I noticed marked improvements in Term Papers after I began using the Research Log as a strategy. Even before using the full-blown Research Log, I required research proposals, and those improved when they became a later entry in the RL. The result is Term Papers that are better focused, better developed, and better organized. Students tend to use more sources and certainly more academic and scholarly sources. When we have our conferences over the Term Papers, students seem more engaged with their topics as well as the research process overall. I hear fewer comments about what they “have to” do and more about “how to” do the things they have planned. And while this is not the most crucial aspect of this or any assignment, Term Papers written by students taking part in the Research Log process write longer papers—which mainly means that more students’ papers come in AT LEAST at the minimum length. Finally, I have almost no problem at all anymore with plagiarism in Term Papers. Yes, students still struggle with attribution and documentation and integrating source material. But we catch most of those problems along the way in individual RL entries, and by the time The Term Paper is done they’ve fixed them. And intentionally plagiarized Term Papers are virtually a thing of the past. While it’s theoretically possible to find a paper online in Week 3 and “reverse engineer” all the RL entries from that paper, it hardly seems feasible. A student would do nearly as much work to do that as to simply start from scratch as the assignment intends; such a student would still learn a great deal from that process even if it got past me.

*Show writers how to work steadily on an extended project.

They can’t avoid it. One could argue that they are working according to someone else’s schedule, not their own, but they’re still seeing such incremental work in action. More than one student has expressed how much they have surprised themselves by keeping up with the work on The Term Paper, and they unreservedly credit the Research Log. Examples:

–I think the research logs helped me greatly! It helped me not to procrastinate and made my paper easier to write due to the fact of the span of time I was researching my topic. –It helped to keep me going on the paper throughout the semester. I can see where it would be easy to procrastinate and end up with a subpar paper. –The research log really did help me stay on top of my paper. I know that I write over one thousand words per hour so when writing my individual research logs I planned for that kind of elaboration (rather than doing the minimum). When it was time for doing the term paper there really was no rush or too much work involved.

*Encourage broad and deep research strategies.

The various RL assignments specifically call upon students to use multiple sources, so MORE research is constantly required. And because some of the entries specifically require academic/scholarly sources, students are compelled to become familiar with them and the resources (EBSCO-type databases) in which they can find those sources. As I tell my students, when you do research in academic and scholarly journals, you are using deep research strategies.

*Reinforce critical thinking and writing .

Because the RL assignments require not just a greater quantity of research but also quality use of material, they are constantly immersed in critical assessment of information. The various critical thinking and writing skills that the RL entries call upon are parallel with other, shorter papers they’re writing throughout the term: when they’re working on analysis in the class, the RL assignment is to analyze arguments in their sources. This parallel structure in the class has them working simultaneously on the same skill but with different topics. Examples of student feedback:

–I think that the Research Logs were helpful because they made me start working on the research for my term paper. I used the first RL entry with the questions we wanted to answer all semester. It gave me a sense of direction and helped with my outline. –I visited the subject so many times that it made me have a better understanding of what I was talking about therefore giving me a better term paper.

LESSONS LEARNED

Good advice will never carry the same weight that a concrete requirement carries. In the abstract, students understand nearly as well as anyone the necessity to work in increments on projects of significant scope. But whether you call it procrastination or laziness or the addled decision making of an underdeveloped prefrontal cortex, the fact is that good intentions will not achieve the results that a graded activity achieves.

My students have learned that this kind of work matters. In addition to the students already mentioned who expressed pleasant surprise at their success in staying current on their research, I have had at least two former students who have made a point of contacting me, separately, some months or years after graduating from Spoon River and transferring to a university. They contacted me to report on something learned at their new school: they were in an upper-division class, they report, facing a major research project. They looked around at their classmates, some of whom looked downright panicked. But, in the midst of their own Aha! moment, they looked at the assignment, they said, and recognized that they knew just what to do—thanks to The Term Paper project in my 100-level composition class, with the Research Log chaser. That’s the kind of thing that keeps you teaching, let me tell you.

This strategy is my own, though the concept certainly seems to be reinforced by the 32-Day Commitment from the On Course I Workshop . A Research Log is a longer strategy than 32 days, and it’s not daily, but the basic idea is similar: establish a habit of working steadily on something. Additionally, On Course educators will recognize how the Graduation Game (3-foot tosses) might reinforce the process of doing the RL.

10. SUPPORT MATERIALS:

APPENDIX I: The Term Paper assignment handout.

ENG 102: The Term Paper

Assignment: Ask a question regarding a topic related somehow to your own professional/academic interests. Write a paper that will answer that question by making judgments and drawing conclusions based on the available evidence.

To complete the project, you must choose a focus, design a guiding question, conduct research, and write the paper using a style and strategies appropriate to your chosen rhetorical situation (purpose and audience).

To answer your central question, you will pose a variety of supporting questions, the answers to which will lead you closer to an answer to the main question. You will arrive at that answer through a process that includes a careful examination of available evidence: summarizing information, analyzing arguments, synthesizing ideas, and generally taking a critical view of that evidence. Your Term Paper will not merely inform or explain; it will make judgments and draw conclusions based on the evidence presented. Be sure that the guiding question you choose to answer in the paper does not call for mere reporting or explaining.

Rhetorical situation

Unfortunately, many classroom-based written projects ask you to form a judgment first and only afterward seek out support for that judgment. Such an approach turns the critical-thinking process on its head and is largely responsible for the sorry state of public discussion of serious issues in our society—and in our professions. By contrast, in this Term Paper you’ll start not with a judgment but a question which you will investigate and attempt to answer through information you discover. In other words, you are expected to critically address the question, finding any pertinent information (on any “side” of the question), weighing the data, and only afterward forming a critical judgment that you will share with your audience by summarizing, synthesizing, and analyzing that data. Your Term Paper is your best answer to your central question, based upon the available evidence—not upon politics, prejudice, or personal feelings.

With this in mind, imagine that you are writing for an audience composed of reasonably educated and informed people looking for authoritative, critically sound answers to their questions. The discourse may take the form of a published article: in this case, you identify the publication in which you imagine your article might appear, be it print or electronic (e.g., Parents magazine, Journal of Nursing Education, James Joyce Quarterly); or it may take the form of an imagined spoken presentation: in this case, you identify the occasion, including the audience (e.g., testifying before a Senate subcommittee on teen violence, speaking to a convention of health-care volunteers, addressing a gathering of literature professors).

–Your target audience is those readers/listeners, expecting a carefully reasoned, thoroughly researched treatment of the topic.

–Your purpose is to provide readers with clear, complete answers to the guiding question.

–Your task is to raise the level of debate on this issue by thinking critically, reasoning capably, and providing real information that will take the discussion beyond politics, prejudice, and personal feelings.

–Your role is that of informed and thoughtful researcher.

Guiding question: Once you have discovered a topic, ask a question that will guide your research on that topic. In other words, ask a question—one your readers might ask—that you will attempt to answer through your research (e.g., “Is the so-called epidemic of teen violence as bad as our media portray it? If so, what are the causes? What can be done to address the problem?”).

Sources : You will use, whenever possible, academic sources. These are usually academic journals, periodical publications that are written by and for members of an academic discipline (e.g., psychology, nursing, literary studies). You may supplement these with sources of a more general nature, but you should rely mostly upon academic sources. When encountering disagreement among the sources you find, carefully analyze the arguments in those sources in order to make a judgment.

Format and requirements

–Length: 2,500-4,000 words of text, plus documentation (required)

–Number of sources: minimum of 10 (NOTE: “minimum” does not mean “target number”; your research should be guided not by number of sources but by the completeness of your answer to your guiding question.

–Documentation and manuscript form: choose MLA or APA. In either case, you will identify your Term Paper’s target audience in a separate line below the paper’s title (“Target audience: readers of Journal of Nursing Education”)

Ideas and suggestions

–Avoid badly focused or unproductive research questions, such as those calling for a simple statement of established fact. On the other extreme are questions calling for a completely subjective judgment that is unaffected by fact. Also to be avoided are “loaded” questions, those that contain a bias in themselves. Below are some examples of good and poor guiding questions.

Poor Question: What are the good things about nursing? (too subjective)
Good Question: Why is there currently a nursing shortage, and how can it be remedied?

Real estate

Poor Question : What does it take to get a real estate license? (calls for a simple statement of fact—reporting)
Good Question: How are real estate agents affected by downturns in the housing market, and how can those effects be minimized?

Journalism/media studies

Poor Question : Why are news media so liberal? (loaded question—assumes that such a “liberal slant” exists)
Good Question: Is there a liberal slant in news media, as some critics claim?

–Find the best sources to help you answer your questions. Before you accept anything from sources like Wikipedia, be sure you understand what Wikipedia is and how it is created.

–Use search engines like Google for general browsing on topics, but when you begin your serious research, it’s time to put away child’s tools and use serious ones. Go to online databases of periodicals (like EBSCO and OCLC FirstSearch) and focused search tools like the Internet Public Library.

–This Term Paper is, in some ways, your introduction to the “academic” approach to ideas. This means critical thinking about every aspect of the paper, including sources. Reject any source that seems less than completely credible unless your critique of that source will be part of the way you answer one or more of your research questions.

–Use your Research Log to keep yourself moving on the Term Paper. (That is its purpose, after all.) Each entry in the RL should move you forward in a generally logical progression. It’s not that you can compose the Term Paper simply by slapping together the individual RL entries (for one thing, it probably wouldn’t be long enough), but keeping up with the RL will mean that you’re working on the TP regularly. It also helps you to build your source list as you go.

APPENDIX II: *Description of the Research Log

Once a week, beginning Sept. 13, you will prepare and submit one entry in a Research Log, a record of progress in your research for the Term Paper. The individual week’s assignment will be available at the beginning of the week. (If you haven’t yet read the Term Paper assignment page, you’ll need to do so right away.) You will complete 10 entries in the Research Log, and each will be evaluated according to the Research Log rubric. The last RL entry will be due Nov. 22.

APPENDIX III: *Research Log Assignments 1 through 10

Entry 1: Using the topic you’ve chosen for your Term Paper, compose a series of questions you’ll use to focus your investigation into that topic. One question should be the central guiding question that you’ll try to answer in the Term Paper itself; the rest should be smaller, more focused questions that you will need to answer in order to make a judgment about the central issue.

Entry 2: It’s time to begin your research. Using one of the questions you posed for Entry 1, find an answer to that question in a source (article, webpage, database, etc.) you find on your own. Write a paragraph in which you summarize the information from that source in a page or less. Include both an in-text citation in the paragraph itself AND the separate full citation on a separate “Works Cited” page.

Entry 3: Using one of the questions you posed for Entry 1 (or another question that you have posed since), find two or more sources that provide an answer to that question. Use two sources that you have not cited in a previous entry. Write a paragraph or two in which you synthesize the information from those sources. This will be a page or less overall.

Entry 4: Find an answer to one of your research questions in an academic/scholarly/peer-reviewed journal. Write a paragraph or two in which you summarize the information from that source. This will be a page or less overall. For help finding articles in academic journals, see the periodical databases available to you through the SRC Library. EBSCO databases, for example, can be searched with “Scholarly journals” as a search limiter.

Entry 5: Using one of the questions you posed for Entry 1 (or another question that you have posed since), find two or more sources that provide an answer to that question. Use two sources that you have not cited in a previous entry; at least one of your sources should be from an academic/scholarly source. Write a paragraph or two in which you synthesize the information from those sources. This will be a page or less overall.

Entry 6: ENG 102 The Term Paper: Research Proposal

You will prepare a formal research proposal as part of your term paper project. You must define the nature and significance of your research question and indicate how you will answer that question in your term paper. In other words, the research proposal is a document separate from the term paper, but it is a plan for that paper.

The research proposal is a preliminary look at your project, a plan for the term paper itself.

The target audience for the proposal (NOT for the Term Paper) is your instructor

The proposal’s purpose is to give you and your instructor a way of reviewing your plan for the paper and judging whether that plan is viable and shows progress

The proposal should include the following information divided into corresponding sections with appropriate headings:

Rhetorical situation (for the Term Paper): Describe your target audience for the Term Paper (not for the Proposal) and intended “publication” information. Describe the print/electronic publication or the occasion for the presentation (see the Term Paper assignment page for details on choosing your target audience).

Summary: statement of your guiding question. You will briefly indicate the focus of your study and your guiding question, explaining how the question is situated within a larger context in a given discipline (nursing, literary studies, engineering, etc.).

Rationale: statement of genesis, nature, and significance of the question and a projected outcome of the study. In the rationale, you will answer these questions:

Why is the question significant?

How did you become interested in the question?

What are the goals of the study?

How will your research benefit the discipline and your readers (remember your rhetorical situation as described above)?

Methodology: Literally, your research methods. In your case, you will be reviewing the existing literature on the subject, although research methodologies are numerous in more formal situations.

Format: Indicate MLA or APA style.

Conclusion: statement of anticipated results and benefits of your research to yourself and to readers of your term paper. Summarize what you’ve learned through your research so far.

Works to be consulted: list of sources (7 minimum) you plan to review or have reviewed as part of your study

References: statement of works cited in the proposal itself. You will probably cite sources in the “Summary” and “Conclusion” sections of your proposal.

Requirements: Length: 2-3 pages Documentation style: MLA or APA

Entry 7: Make one arguable claim regarding your Term Paper topic and support it with evidence from at least two sources that you have not used in previous entries (except #6, of course). This should be a paragraph or two in length. As always, be sure to properly document your sources. This is an argument synthesis related to some aspect of your Term Paper topic.

Entry 8: Using at least two sources–at least one of which must be an article from an academic journal–Make another arguable claim regarding your topic and support it with evidence from at least two of your sources. This should be a paragraph or two in length. As always, be sure to properly document your sources. This is an argument synthesis regarding some aspect of your Term Paper topic.

Entry 9: Find one source related to your Term Paper topic in which the writer of the source makes an argument. Briefly analyze that argument in a page or less, according to the principles of analysis you’ve learned.

Entry 10: Submit a file with 1) your sources and aspects of your topic listed in grid form and 2) a complete list of all your sources for the Term Paper. Include, obviously, indicators of which sources address which aspects. Be sure to include the correct citation form for each of your sources. The grid must be accompanied by a complete source list in correct citation form (MLA or APA).

APPENDIX IV: *Rubric for assessing individual Research Log entries.

SCORING RUBRIC FOR RESEARCH LOG–10 points possible

Entries not submitted by deadline will receive zero points.

Addresses assignment completely
Shows careful critical thinking
Documents any sources correctly
Addresses assignment
Shows some critical thinking
Documents any sources
Does not address the assignment directly
Shows little or no critical thinking
Does not document sources
Shows little or no awareness of an assignment
Demonstrates no thought
May use no sources at all (if they are required)

APPENDIX V: Research Log Survey (post-Term Paper deadline)

1. Do you believe the Research Log helped you write a better Term Paper? If so, how? 2. What were the best (most helpful) aspects of the Research Log? 3. What might make the Research Log a more helpful activity for getting you ready for the Term Paper?

–Douglas Okey, Faculty, English, Spoon River College, IL

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Let’s face it: genealogy research logs aren’t really the most exciting of topics, and they can feel like a chore. But they are the key to effective genealogy, and arguably, the most important tool you can use to keep track of and direct your research. In fact, using a research log can be the number one way you can transform your research sessions into results. So, how do you make logging your research into a good habit? It’s easier than you think.

Why Do I Need a Research Log?

When it comes to your genealogy, research logs help you keep track of your information, including your thoughts and theories. Your logs are where you can keep track of what you haven’t found, which is often just as important as what you have. Better yet, research logs provide you with the space for working through your research. You can analyze the information you have, compare it with other data and resolve conflicts, and include your theories and thoughts – all without cluttering up your tree.

Most importantly, research logs direct your research. If your searching brings up more questions you want to explore, your research log is the prime place to keep track of them – and then return to them later, after you’ve finished researching your current project. Those logs help you pick up where you left off quickly rather than having to go back over your previous work and they allow you to spend more time searching than re-searching. This keeps you on track with your current project, while creating a handy list for future research.

How Do I Create a Research Log?

1. choose your preferred tool and template.

There are plenty of different types of genealogy research logs, ranging from a glorified to-do list or a simple word document to multi-page spreadsheets. Some people use a notebook or journal, and others do all their tracking in Evernote, Trello, or some other system. Determine what information you want to keep track of. Then, create a new template (or adapt an existing template) to reflect what you need and what you’ll actually use.

For the minimalist, Thomas MacEntee advises that your log should keep track of what you did and what you found with a “to-do list with a little more flavor.” The goal of the research log is to avoid having to go back over stuff repeatedly, so the information you include should be something you can recreate and understand at a glance. And, he advises, keeping your source citations in your research log is invaluable. Thomas has offered up his free research log template for your use on his website.

For another professional approach, Janine Adams, author of Organize Your Family History, shares her informal research log using Evernote here.

Your research log is a great place to keep all of those source citations, links and notations that you’ve made. While those bits can be tiresome, your research log makes them easier to keep track of because you’re already logging some of the key details, like when you conducted the search and where you looked, along with what records you found. If you establish a template for the source citation itself within the research log, you’ll be able to document quickly and without having to think too much about it.

2. Establish a Workflow

No matter how you tackle a research session, establish a workflow that incorporates your log and you’ll find the habit forms quickly. For example, why not end every research session by making notes in your research log? Include not only what you’ve found, but your next steps. Then, the next time you sit down to research, your to-do list is ready and waiting.

3. Start Logging!

Once you’ve chosen your template and determined a workflow, you’re ready to start logging! Begin using your log as you research, and make notes for how you can further refine your process so it’s the most beneficial for you. Keeping a research log may feel tedious at first, but it will be be well worth the effort. Happy researching!

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Perhaps you’re in the midst of your challenging AP chemistry class in high school, or perhaps college you’re enrolled in biology , chemistry , or physics at university. At some point, you will likely be asked to write a lab report. Sometimes, your teacher or professor will give you specific instructions for how to format and write your lab report, and if so, use that. In case you’re left to your own devices, here are some guidelines you might find useful. Continue reading for the main elements of a lab report, followed by a detailed description of the more writing-heavy parts (with a lab report example/lab report template). Lastly, we’ve included an outline that can help get you started.

What is a lab report?

A lab report is an overview of your experiment. Essentially, it explains what you did in the experiment and how it went. Most lab reports end up being 5-10 pages long (graphs or other images included), though the length depends on the experiment. Here are some brief explanations of the essential parts of a lab report:

Title : The title says, in the most straightforward way possible, what you did in the experiment. Often, the title looks something like, “Effects of ____ on _____.” Sometimes, a lab report also requires a title page, which includes your name (and the names of any lab partners), your instructor’s name, and the date of the experiment.

Abstract : This is a short description of key findings of the experiment so that a potential reader could get an idea of the experiment before even beginning.

Introduction : This is comprised of one or several paragraphs summarizing the purpose of the lab. The introduction usually includes the hypothesis, as well as some background information.

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Materials : Perhaps the simplest part of your lab report, this is where you list everything needed for the completion of your experiment.

Methods : This is where you describe your experimental procedure. The section provides necessary information for someone who would want to replicate your study. In paragraph form, write out your methods in chronological order, though avoid excessive detail.

Data : Here, you should document what happened in the experiment, step-by-step. This section often includes graphs and tables with data, as well as descriptions of patterns and trends. You do not need to interpret all of the data in this section, but you can describe trends or patterns, and state which findings are interesting and/or significant.

Discussion of results : This is the overview of your findings from the experiment, with an explanation of how they pertain to your hypothesis, as well as any anomalies or errors.

Conclusion : Your conclusion will sum up the results of your experiment, as well as their significance. Sometimes, conclusions also suggest future studies.

Sources : Often in APA style , you should list all texts that helped you with your experiment. Make sure to include course readings, outside sources, and other experiments that you may have used to design your own.

How to write the abstract

The abstract is the experiment stated “in a nutshell”: the procedure, results, and a few key words. The purpose of the academic abstract is to help a potential reader get an idea of the experiment so they can decide whether to read the full paper. So, make sure your abstract is as clear and direct as possible, and under 200 words (though word count varies).

When writing an abstract for a scientific lab report, we recommend covering the following points:

Background : Why was this experiment conducted?
Objectives : What problem is being addressed by this experiment?
Methods : How was the study designed and conducted?
Results : What results were found and what do they mean?
Conclusion : Were the results expected? Is this problem better understood now than before? If so, how?

How to write the introduction

The introduction is another summary, of sorts, so it could be easy to confuse the introduction with the abstract. While the abstract tends to be around 200 words summarizing the entire study, the introduction can be longer if necessary, covering background information on the study, what you aim to accomplish, and your hypothesis. Unlike the abstract (or the conclusion), the introduction does not need to state the results of the experiment.

Here is a possible order with which you can organize your lab report introduction:

Intro of the intro : Plainly state what your study is doing.
Background : Provide a brief overview of the topic being studied. This could include key terms and definitions. This should not be an extensive literature review, but rather, a window into the most relevant topics a reader would need to understand in order to understand your research.
Importance : Now, what are the gaps in existing research? Given the background you just provided, what questions do you still have that led you to conduct this experiment? Are you clarifying conflicting results? Are you undertaking a new area of research altogether?
Prediction: The plants placed by the window will grow faster than plants placed in the dark corner.
Hypothesis: Basil plants placed in direct sunlight for 2 hours per day grow at a higher rate than basil plants placed in direct sunlight for 30 minutes per day.
How you test your hypothesis : This is an opportunity to briefly state how you go about your experiment, but this is not the time to get into specific details about your methods (save this for your results section). Keep this part down to one sentence, and voila! You have your introduction.

How to write a discussion section

Here, we’re skipping ahead to the next writing-heavy section, which will directly follow the numeric data of your experiment. The discussion includes any calculations and interpretations based on this data. In other words, it says, “Now that we have the data, why should we care?” This section asks, how does this data sit in relation to the hypothesis? Does it prove your hypothesis or disprove it? The discussion is also a good place to mention any mistakes that were made during the experiment, and ways you would improve the experiment if you were to repeat it. Like the other written sections, it should be as concise as possible.

Here is a list of points to cover in your lab report discussion:

Weaker statement: These findings prove that basil plants grow more quickly in the sunlight.
Stronger statement: These findings support the hypothesis that basil plants placed in direct sunlight grow at a higher rate than basil plants given less direct sunlight.
Factors influencing results : This is also an opportunity to mention any anomalies, errors, or inconsistencies in your data. Perhaps when you tested the first round of basil plants, the days were sunnier than the others. Perhaps one of the basil pots broke mid-experiment so it needed to be replanted, which affected your results. If you were to repeat the study, how would you change it so that the results were more consistent?
Implications : How do your results contribute to existing research? Here, refer back to the gaps in research that you mentioned in your introduction. Do these results fill these gaps as you hoped?
Questions for future research : Based on this, how might your results contribute to future research? What are the next steps, or the next experiments on this topic? Make sure this does not become too broad—keep it to the scope of this project.

How to write a lab report conclusion

This is your opportunity to briefly remind the reader of your findings and finish strong. Your conclusion should be especially concise (avoid going into detail on findings or introducing new information).

Here are elements to include as you write your conclusion, in about 1-2 sentences each:

Restate your goals : What was the main question of your experiment? Refer back to your introduction—similar language is okay.
Restate your methods : In a sentence or so, how did you go about your experiment?
Key findings : Briefly summarize your main results, but avoid going into detail.
Limitations : What about your experiment was less-than-ideal, and how could you improve upon the experiment in future studies?
Significance and future research : Why is your research important? What are the logical next-steps for studying this topic?

Template for beginning your lab report

Here is a compiled outline from the bullet points in these sections above, with some examples based on the (overly-simplistic) basil growth experiment. Hopefully this will be useful as you begin your lab report.

1) Title (ex: Effects of Sunlight on Basil Plant Growth )

2) Abstract (approx. 200 words)

Background ( This experiment looks at… )
Objectives ( It aims to contribute to research on…)
Methods ( It does so through a process of…. )
Results (Findings supported the hypothesis that… )
Conclusion (These results contribute to a wider understanding about…)

3) Introduction (approx. 1-2 paragraphs)

Intro ( This experiment looks at… )
Background ( Past studies on basil plant growth and sunlight have found…)
Importance ( This experiment will contribute to these past studies by…)
Hypothesis ( Basil plants placed in direct sunlight for 2 hours per day grow at a higher rate than basil plants placed in direct sunlight for 30 minutes per day.)
How you will test your hypothesis ( This hypothesis will be tested by a process of…)

4) Materials (list form) (ex: pots, soil, seeds, tables/stands, water, light source )

5) Methods (approx. 1-2 paragraphs) (ex: 10 basil plants were measured throughout a span of…)

6) Data (brief description and figures) (ex: These charts demonstrate a pattern that the basil plants placed in direct sunlight…)

7) Discussion (approx. 2-3 paragraphs)

Support or reject hypothesis ( These findings support the hypothesis that basil plants placed in direct sunlight grow at a higher rate than basil plants given less direct sunlight.)
Factors that influenced your results ( Outside factors that could have altered the results include…)
Implications ( These results contribute to current research on basil plant growth and sunlight because…)
Questions for further research ( Next steps for this research could include…)
Restate your goals ( In summary, the goal of this experiment was to measure…)
Restate your methods ( This hypothesis was tested by…)
Key findings ( The findings supported the hypothesis because…)
Limitations ( Although, certain elements were overlooked, including…)
Significance and future research ( This experiment presents possibilities of future research contributions, such as…)
Sources (approx. 1 page, usually in APA style)

Final thoughts – Lab Report Example

Hopefully, these descriptions have helped as you write your next lab report. Remember that different instructors may have different preferences for structure and format, so make sure to double-check when you receive your assignment. All in all, make sure to keep your scientific lab report concise, focused, honest, and organized. Good luck!

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