Choose one topic on composting that interests you and that has at least six peer-reviewed articles from scientific journals for support. Start you research early because you may have to order journal articles through inter-library loan, if the journal is not owned by a UVM library. Inter-library loan can take several days to several weeks to receive an articles from other libraries. If you would like some help choosing peer-reviewed journals, please ask. Once library research on your topic is complete, you will need to spend time reading and comprehending your six or more compost research papers.
Comprehension is important.
With comprehension you will be able to integrate your discoveries into your thinking, synthesize the information and summarize it for your article. Try to be very thoughtful about the idea you address each paragraph. The 3-page limit will help you learn how to write your thoughts very precisely and concisely. Thus, I want you to produce an excellent article. To help everyone write better we will be using the redrafting process.