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Mastering the Academic Desk Research Paper

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3-4 hours
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Course Content

Learn all the necessary skills you need for developing a top-quality desk research paper in this free online course. Desk research papers are widely assigned in college and university. This research paper writing course gives you detailed guidance in creating a top-quality desk research paper – the kind of guidance that you may not get in your classes. Learn how to analyze an assignment, write a thesis statement or research question, set research goals, collect and analyze information, organize your paper, and edit and revise your paper for outstanding results.

Course Details

CollegeAlison
Course ID201402
Course TypeOnline Learning
Course QualificationCPD Certificate
Course Duration3-4 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary.

At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives.

Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone.
Career PathWhat You Will Learn In This Free Course
• Relate a focused research question or thesis statement
• Collect and analyze the information needed for a desk research paper
• Indicate appropriate ways to organize a desk research paper
• Identify the qualities of effective academic writing
• Describe how to edit and revise a desk research paper
• Define skills to other types of academic writing
• State valuable collegial support to your peers by developing your peer editing skills
Course Code3871

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