The idea is to show how you have organized your thinking as you analyze issues and coordinate your ideas. Further instructions will be provided on a handout. This doesn't mean you can't consult biographies and other secondary sources if you wish to be further informed, but such research won't help a great deal because our comparative topics don't use that kind of information . When you draw on any material that you didn't know, or hadn't thought of, before writing the paper, you must mention that source . The practical distinction between research and plagiarism consists in whether or not you acknowledge your sources, even if you have done something different.
Plagiarism is defined as the unacknowledged use of another's words, ideas, or information.
PN3373.S39 May, Charles, ed.