MLA Research Process Terms

the main idea

• central idea

• periodical

• keyword

• summarize

the use of diagrams in calculation and design

• objective

• index

• graphics

• research

an alphabetical listing of topics and the pages on which information about them can be found

• index

• central

• paraphrase

• secondary source

a word or concept of great significance

• paraphrase

• primary source

• thesis

• keyword

not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts

• objective

• central idea

• research

• subjective

express the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using different words

• graphics

• paraphrase

• summarize

• thesis

a publication issued at regular intervals

• primary source

• search engine

• periodical

• secondary source

an original source, such as a speech, a diary, a novel, a legislative bill, a laboratory study, a field research report, or an eyewitness account

• secondary source

• periodical

• primary source

• search engine

the activity of getting information about a subject

• search engine

• research

• summarize

• paraphrase

a program that allows users to search for material on the Internet or on a Web site

• search engine

• periodical

• primary source

• secondary source