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Tuesday, 17 June 2008 |
By Katharine
 Some Suggested Steps to a Successful Research Paper
1. Choose Your Topic
Choose your topic wisely - not too broad or too narrow, avoid controversial or overworked topics.
Take time to narrow your topic - Do some reading on the broad subject area before narrowing - this may seem like extra work, but it will be MUCH easier to write your paper when you have intelligently narrowed your topic! Use encyclopedias, journal articles, books, web pages.
Does some preliminary research - What kinds of information are available? Choose a topic you can easily research.
Write a thesis statement to define the main idea of your paper. What will you describe or prove? Your thesis statement is your compass; it will keep your paper going in the right direction
2. Research your topic
Make a list of keywords to use. (Write them down!) List synonyms - you never know what will bring up a 'hit' in a database.
Use the Catalog to find books in the TSU collection. Try a variety of keywords, and keywords that are broader |
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Thursday, 12 June 2008 |
By Rose Ariadne
The most popular of occult symbols is the Endless knot. Although many versions of endless knot exist, the most popular one is the pentagram. This five pointed star was used by almost all the ancient cultures including China, Greece, Europe, Latin America, India as well as Egypt. References to this occult symbol has been found in the Neolithic cave walls, Babylonian paintings and in even in Scriptures.
According to the Greek philosopher Pythagoras, five was the number of man and each of the five points of the pentagram represents the five elements water, earth, spirit, fire and air. The top corner represents the crown of the human head and the remaining four points represent the tips of the limbs. In the Kabbalistic tradition, the pentagram is also believed to represent justice, mercy, wisdom, understanding and awe-inspiring beauty.
The pentagram is considered so powerful that it is used in magickal purposes to forge a connection to the creative universal energies. It is also used in magickal tools, rituals and sacred jewelry.
The Circle is a symbol for the cycle of eternal life. In |
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