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Help with your Paper: Planning

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Planning Tips

Helpful Resources to Plan your Paper

These documents will help guide you through the planning process

Planning your Paper
This document provides more detail on how to plan out your paper
Paper Outline Sample
Download this document to help you organize your information for your paper
Mind Mapping Example
Another way to organize your thoughts for your paper is to create a mind map.
Here is an example of what a mind map looks like as well as the information to include

Helpful Websites to Plan your Essay

Assignment Calculator: Dalhousie University
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