REA's Quick and Easy Guide to Writing Your A+ Research Paper

A guide for writing research papers covers such topics as the differences between research papers and term papers, choosing a topic, research sources, and conforming to MLA standards.

A topic is any subject of study, inquiry, or discussion that is addressed for the
sake of an audience. A topic, however, is not a main point or a thesis. Remember
that a topic is the subject about which the author writes. Books, cars, people,
sports, ...