Research Paper Handbook,9781596470767

Research Paper Handbook

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Edition: 3rd
ISBN13: 9781596470767
ISBN10: 1596470763
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-11-01
Publisher(s): Good Year Books
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Table of Contents

Establishing a Topic
1(26)
Introduction
2(1)
Identifying Your Role as a Researcher
3(2)
Selecting a Research Topic
5(1)
Using Personal Experiences for Topic Discovery
6(1)
Exploring Possible Subtopics
7(2)
Clustering Ideas
9(2)
Asking Questions about a General Topic
11(2)
Conducting a Computer Search
13(4)
Developing a Thesis Statement
17(5)
Framing a Research Proposal
22(1)
Expressing a Thesis Statement In the Proposal
23(4)
Gathering Data
27(22)
Introduction
28(1)
Developing a Working Bibliography
29(2)
Conducting a Key-Word Search
31(5)
Searching the Electronic Book Catalog
36(3)
Searching a Library's Electronic Databases
39(2)
Searching the Internet
41(3)
Searching for an Encyclopedia Article
44(1)
Searching for a Newspaper Article
45(1)
Searching for Government Documents
46(1)
Writing Notes from Field Research
47(2)
Setting Goals and Organizing Ideas
49(14)
Introduction
50(1)
Charting a Direction and Setting Goals
51(5)
Stimulating Your Note Taking
56(2)
Writing a Formal Outline
58(5)
Taking Notes
63(24)
Introduction
64(1)
Creating Effective Notes
65(3)
Writing Personal Notes
68(2)
Writing Direct Quotation Notes
70(3)
Writing Summary Notes
73(2)
Writing Paraphrased Notes
75(3)
Selecting a Mix of Both Primary and Secondary Sources
78(2)
Avoiding Plagiarism
80(7)
Writing with an Academic Style
87(16)
Introduction
88(1)
Focusing Your Argument
89(2)
Drafting the Thesis Statement
91(3)
Writing a Title for Your Project
94(2)
Drafting from Your Notes and Outline
96(7)
Combining Sources in Your Writing
103(20)
Introduction
104(1)
Using References in Your Text
105(4)
Citing a Source When No Author Is Listed
109(1)
Using Nonprint Sources
110(1)
Citing Internet Sources
111(1)
Citing Indirect Sources
112(2)
Citing Material from Textbooks and Anthologies
114(1)
Adding Information to In-text Citations
115(3)
Indenting Long Quotations
118(2)
Citing Poetry
120(1)
Punctuating Citations
121(2)
Writing the Introduction
123(12)
Introduction
124(1)
Techniques for Writing the Introduction
125(2)
Identifying the Topic
127(2)
Providing Background Information
129(2)
Establishing the Problem
131(1)
Stating Your Thesis
132(3)
Writing the Body of the Research Paper
135(12)
Introduction
136(1)
Planning and Outlining the Body
137(1)
Building the Body
138(4)
Writing Topic Sentences
142(2)
Writing Paragraphs
144(3)
Writing the Conclusion
147(8)
Introduction
148(1)
Writing a Conclusion
149(3)
Avoiding Certain Mistakes in the Conclusion
152(3)
Works Cited
155(16)
Introduction
156(1)
Bibliographic Form---Books
157(3)
Bibliographic Form---Periodicals
160(2)
Bibliographic Form---Electronic Sources
162(3)
Bibliographic Form---CD-ROM Sources
165(1)
Bibliographic Form---Other Sources
166(1)
Preparing a Works Cited Page
167(4)
Preparing the Final Paper
171(16)
Introduction
172(1)
Formatting the Paper
173(2)
Revising the Paper
175(1)
Editing the Paper
176(2)
Avoiding Discriminatory Language
178(2)
Participating in a Peer Review
180(1)
Proofreading the Final Manuscript
181(2)
Model Research Paper in MLA Style
183(4)
Handling Format--APA Style
187(22)
Introduction
188(1)
Writing a Theoretical Paper for the Social Sciences
189(1)
Writing in the Proper Tense for an APA-style Paper
190(1)
Using In-text Citations in APA Style
191(3)
Preparing the Bibliography Page
194(4)
Citing Internet Sources in APA Style
198(3)
Citing CD-ROM Information in APA Style
201(1)
Formatting a Paper in APA Style
202(2)
Model Research Paper in APA Style
204(5)
Preparing Electronic Research Projects
209(10)
Introduction
210(1)
Using Word Processing
211(1)
Building Electronic Presentations
212(1)
Research Paper Web Sites
213(3)
Using Graphics in Your Electronic Research Paper
216(3)
Appendix: Matters of Mechanics 219(6)
Index 225

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