Suggestions on how to research for college paper?

In other words, you want to find a research paper, rewrite it a bit, then pass it off as your own? Hmmm...I don't know offhand but I'm sure there are others that do.

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I need help on how to research this topic so I could write my own paper

I would say you ought to google the topic and then look at the scholarly articles that appear at the top of the list. (I did, they do). I mean, really, does that actually require asking us? Isn't that something you ought to do almost without even thinking about it?

Here's 129,000 articles on the subject http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q=optimism+on+physical+and+psychological+health&btnG=Google+Search

For strictly schoalrly articles try:

http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=optimism+on+physical+and+psychological+health&hl=en&safe=off&pwst=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&oi=scholart

As a rule of thumb--for online searches only use sources that provide references. Moreover, since HTML can be corrupted by hackers, I would then to trust PDF files more than HTML.

Finally, use wikipedia sparingly--it is a source only for finding sources. The concept of wikipedia allows persons to declare themselves subject matter experts and to submit and edit entries at will, I will admit that wikipedia is a great place to start---but that is it only a start.

Cut and paste is permissable as long as it is acknowledged. It is very easy for a your reviewer to search online for plagiarism. And plagiarism is not accepted well.

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