Michigan Corpus of Upper Level Student Papers (MICUSP)

http://micusp.elicorpora.info/

Click on the link. http://micusp.elicorpora.info/ After you open this link, you will see the menu for MICUSP is to the left.

Step #2

Select “Paper Types.” There are 7 choices. Click on Argumentative essay and Research paper + select three more (your choice).

Step #3

Select “Disciplines.” “Nursing” is one example. Select 5 – 7 disciplines(s) relevant to your (or your partner’s) future course of study and/or...

Step #4

Find the box to the left of “search.” Type in keyword from the list.

Step #5

Click on “search.” Sentences containing the key word appear. Read the clips of text.

Step #6

Copy and paste the whole sentence that contains the keyword into your recording sheet. Do this for at least 25 occurrences of the keyword.

Step #7

Note where in the sentence that the word occurs (beginning/ middle/ end). Type that into the “where” column on your recording sheet.

Step #8

Repeat for the other keywords: since, besides, furthermore, because, instead of