Pretest -- Getting started -- Finding a topic -- Getting essential information from print sources -- Getting essential information from online sources -- Selecting the best sources -- Interviewing primary sources -- Notetaking -- Beginning an outline -- Finalizing an outline --How to write a thesis -- Writing a first draft -- Establishing tone with word choice -- Using point of view -- Emotional versus logical appeals -- Distinguishing fact from opinion -- Revising your draft -- Proofreading and editing your draft -- Adding footnotes, endnotes, and parenthetical citations -- Writing a bibliography -- Writing an annotated bibliography, a historiography, and abstract -- Post-test.