Librarians provide a lot of help to students in the exploring, finding and organizing phases of their writing projects. They've doneresearch on how students approach these tasks, how they feel while they're doing them, and what kinds of activities lead to a successful research paper (Kuhlthau, 1993 and 1994).
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Writing a research paper is a standard requirement in most high schools. Use this as a guide to making the process more manageable.