Ask yourself these questions about each of the articles you select to build evidence-based answers and arguments for your term paper:
Does your article answer some aspect of your research question? -Use the answers to build themes that you will use to organize your literature review
Does your article raise questions you hadn't considered or make claims that shape your thinking? -Integrate these into your arguments to develop and focus them further
Does your article provide evidence for any of your arguments? -Integrate the relevant evidence or data into your own argument and explain its significance
Does your article take a position counter to any of your arguments? -Include these sources to strengthen your own arguments by explaining and providing evidence of why you disagree with them
What relationships do you see between your articles? -Integrate the arguments and evidence from your sources together to use them as building blocks for your own conclusions and arguments
