In Chapter five of Envision: Writing and Researching Arguments, the author discuss finding and evaluating research sources. To start a research paper on your argument you need to gather and evaluate reliable sources. A researcher needs to learn what is being talked about, the topic, how it is being discussed, the conversation, and what are the different positions, research context.
To get everything needed for your topic it is good to visualize your research process. When gathering your sources where will you look for them? You might decide to go to a library, surf the web, or get a personal interview with an expert in the field of study. The topic and final paper is only a small part of the research. As explained in the book, there are many more sources beneath the surface. Archival material, books, articles, films, interviews, surveys, visual media, websites, and historical text, creates the entire research project.
Chapter five of Envision also talks about the steps in the research process. One of the steps in the research process is locating relevant and interesting sources. In your research you will need to include primary and secondary sources. Primary sources are original text that is analyzed in the research paper. Secondary sources are sources that provide commentary on the primary material or on the main topic in general.
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