Research Paper Handbook

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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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