Blog Post 4: Organizing My Research

I will be honest, I found it most difficult to find quality sources, and then implement them into my writing. Researching a topic is one thing, and writing an essay is another, but putting them together made for many long nights spent in the library for me. With the help of Dr. Watts, I was able to get a good number of primary, secondary, and background sources. I was looking for sources that could give me a plethora of different perspectives, both from the time period and from more modern times. I found some high quality sources, which I found to be extremely important. I began to simultaneously work in my sources as I wrote out my outline for my essay. I decided to organize it so that I could start with some background knowledge, then present my findings through my research. Eventually, I would explain what greater meaning there is to my findings. This is the way I wanted to present my research.