Keep in mind, however..that your post is written ten years after the topic was started. She is likely out of college by now but the topic takes on a life of its own as advice for any current students reading this.
We live in a world full of information. Never before in History has so much information been available so easily and quickly to the common man.
Our task is to sift through the information we gather, discriminate which we wish to incorporate, and write our papers in our own words...I suppose one should start by outlining what it is they want to say.
Saying, "I don't know," is the same as saying, "Maybe."~ZombieRingo
If You Don't Stand For Something You Will Fall For Anything~Malcolm X