Most of the searching and researching you will have to do involves some type of paper. You gather evidence that supports the opinion of your theses and use that information to write a scholarly document. In order to write a good academic paper it is key that you take your time when researching because some of the best evidence for you can be hard to find. Here are a few tips to help write your research paper: First you will probably be given a lot of time to finish the assignment, but you must not delay until the last few days or your paper will be severely lacking support, Second do not let anxiety over the paper get the best of you because everyone had to learn how to write a research paper before, and last but not least Keep your paper well organized, so the reader understands how the sources you pull information from reinforce your theses statement. It is also very important that your sources are credible based on reliability, quality, and utility. The quality of the source is dependent on several things such as whether the paper was biased, consistent, and cited sources. The utility aspect means that the sources have to actually be appropriate and related to your topic instead of contradicting your opinion. Keep in mind wikipedia is not a very credible source as it is user generated, however all wiki sources can be a quick way to gain valuable information. Searching and researching are very different things make sure you know how to do real research when trying to collect information. There are many ways to search and each way has its own pros and cons. You can keyword search, category search or metasearch. Using Boolean logic you may be able to better find results you want. There are many web based programs that can help you find scholarly articles such as Google Scholar or University libraries which will prove vital later. Bibliography and citation are a very important part of using researched information and should not be overlooked or it could cost you.