DOS AND DON’TS OF WRITING A SCHOLARLY RESEARCH PAPER

Identify a question that someone would like to find an answer to – the question is focused on explaining something that happens between 2 or more things (questions could include explaining an impact of one thing on another). Watch the video “What is

scholarly/academic research?” by Qinqin Zhang to learn more about how to create a

research question;

 Identify sub-questions related to the main research question – this will help to guide you in

finding appropriate articles, books, websites that provide information that help answer the

overall research question. Watch the video “How to locate relevant sources of information

for scholarly research” by Qinqin Zhang to learn more about how to create sub-questions

that guide your search for scholarly articles;

 Read many scholarly articles that discuss the different components of the research

question; usually this means reading more than what is actually referenced in the paper.

Watch the video “How to locate relevant sources of information for scholarly research” by

Qinqin Zhang to learn the difference between scholarly sources, popular sources and grey

literature;

 Schedule a time to meet with a Learning Coach at the Learning Commons to get feedback

on your research question and the outline of your research paper prior to writing your

paper. Watch the video “How to write a research paper” by Qinqin Zhang for more specifics

on how to organize the research paper;

 Provide an introduction to the paper that provides a reason for the research, and clearly

identify what the research question is;

 Include in the discussion of the sub-questions a review of the literature that was referenced

for these questions;

 Provide a conclusion to the paper that would provide an overall answer to the research

question;

 Cite all the sources of your information – this includes the quotes from specific authors and

the summary of information that you learned from different authors;

 Use APA style for in-text citations and for the list of references (refer to the APA Guide for

proper referencing information); APA style also indicates a particular way to use of different

types of punctuation;

 Only include a Methodology section in the paper if your research includes primary research

– with primary research there needs to be an indication of how the data/information was

gathered and analyzed.

DON’T:

 Include an Abstract – abstracts are only included when a paper is being submitted for

publication in a journal;

 Write an essay – an essay is just a discussion on a particular topic; a topic is not a research

question;

 Include a section that is a specific literature review (note what is stated in the DO section

above on how to use the information gathered from the readings);

 Include Tables or Figures from articles without explaining them;

 Use bullets for your points; write full sentences and statements;

 Use acronyms until you have indicated the words related to the letters being used in the

acronym (eg. Trinity Western University (TWU), Human Resource Management (HRM)); you

can’t assume the reader of the document will know what the acronym refers to until you

tell them;

 Refer to your paper as an “article” – if it gets published, it can then be called an article;

 Use sources where the information provided is not peer-reviewed; watch the video “What

is scholarly/academic research?” by Qinqin Zhang to learn what peer-review refers to and

why Popular Sources (such as websites) are not considered scholarly research;

 Include the ebscohost link as part of the reference information of an article – the citation

only needs to include the journal information, not where you found the journal through

ebscohost or other academic, online, search methods;

 Have someone else write your paper for you; part of your MBA education is to assist you in

learning how to do research, how to analyze what you have learned through your readings

and discussions, and how to clearly articulate your thoughts – these are what future

employers are expecting from someone who has successfully achieved an advanced

academic degree. Having someone else write your paper for you does not give you the

opportunity to learn and practice research and writing skills.

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