Overview
This research paper is an opportunity for you to do some research and learn about a topic that interests you. Writing a research paper is not simply looking up some facts and stringing them together. As you do your research, you may find different points of view or contrary results. Good research usually leads to new understanding of a topic. As you pull the information together, you may see a new way to apply the information. Your new understanding is what is referred to below as “synthesizing something new”.