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Ethics Debate: Welcome

This guide will connect you with resources on ethical and controversial topics to support your research in Ethics.

How to Use This Guide

Welcome to the Ethics Debate Research Guide. This guide has been created especially for you to help you conduct scholarly research for your debate project. Click on each tab for information, tutorials and tips to help you find the resources you need as you conduct original research. 

What is Research?

Research is:

  • Driven by a question or problem that then guides the process
  • Seeking information with an open mind 
  • A process, which works best when done step-by-step. The steps may need to be repeated, as the process is iterative
  • Collection and interpretation of data in an attempt to resolve the problem or answer the question
  • Going beyond facts and old ideas
  • Taking a new look at the information and joining the conversation on your topic

Research is not:

  • Copying and pasting information you find through a Google search
  • Combining a paragraph from one article with a couple of paragraphs from websites. That's plagiarism.
  • Writing a "report"
  • Rearranging facts
  • Rewording each phrase and citing each source. That's just a summary of facts with someone else's name on them and still can be classified as plagiarism.