The Research Paper

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ISBN: 9780534174545 | 053417454X
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This is a comprehensive and clearly organized guide to managing the process of doing a research paper of any length--from setting up a timetable to finding sources to producing the final paper in proper form.

TO THE TEACHER

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TO THE STUDENT

CHAPTER 1 Starting the Research Paper

(13)

KINDS OF RESEARCH

(1)

DIFFERENCES AMONG REPORTS, DOCUMENTED PAPERS, AND RESEARCH PAPERS

(1)

WHAT A RESEARCH PAPER IS

(1)

WHAT A RESEARCH PAPER IS NOT

(2)

LENGTH OF RESEARCH PAPERS

(1)

FIVE STEPS TO A RESEARCH PAPER

(3)

Step 1. Choosing the Subject

(1)

Step 2. Collecting Information

(1)

Step 3. Evaluating Materials

(1)

Step 4. Organizing Ideas

(1)

Step 5. Writing the Paper

(1)

WHY A RESEARCH PAPER IS IMPORTANT

(1)

WHO READS RESEARCH PAPERS--AND WHY

(1)

KEEPING A PROCESS LOG

(2)

MANAGING YOUR TIME

(1)

CHAPTER 2 Choosing a General Topic

(26)

THE TERMS "TOPIC" AND "SUBJECT"

(1)

QUALITIES OF A GOOD TOPIC

(1)

TOPICS TO AVOID

(3)

ASSIGNED TOPICS

(1)

FIELD-OF-STUDY TOPICS

(10)

1. Taking Stock of What You Know

(1)

2. Makes Use of Printed Aids

(8)

3. Build From Your Own Interests

(1)

FREE-CHOICE TOPICS

(2)

LIBRARY CATALOGING CUSTOMS

(7)

Classifications of Books (Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress)

(2)

Contents of the "Card Catalog"

(2)

Individual Catalog Cards

(1)

Alphabetizing of Books and Periodicals

(3)

COMPUTER SEARCHES

(1)

AN ADDENDUM: DOUBLE SUBMISSIONS

(1)

CHAPTER 3 Narrowing the Topic

(14)

SOME LIMITATIONS YOU WORK WITHIN

(2)

Length

(1)

Materials Available

(1)

Audience

(1)

FOCUSING ON A SUBJECT TO RESEARCH

(5)

Freewriting

(1)

Free Association

(1)

Clustering

(1)

Subdividing

(1)

The Five Ws

(2)

Combined Method

(1)

FINDING AN APPROACH

(1)

DECIDING ON AN APPROACH BEFORE BEING WELL INFORMED ABOUT YOUR SUBJECT

(4)

Examining or Analyzing

(1)

Evaluating or Criticizing

(1)

Comparing and Contrasting

(1)

Relating

(1)

Arguing or Persuading

(1)

WORDING YOUR APPROACH

(1)

A Word of Caution

(1)

CHOOSING A RESEARCH PAPER TITLE

(1)

CHAPTER 4 Searching for Information

(46)

THE WHAT, WHERE, AND HOW OF FINDING INFORMATION

(1)

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES

(1)

Primary Sources

(1)

Secondary Sources

(1)

A SEARCH STRATEGY

(3)

The Search Strategy Record

(1)

RECORDING POSSIBLE SOURCES: CONVENTIONS OF PRELIMINARY CITATIONS (MLA STYLE)

(9)

General Conventions

(1)

Conventions About the Author Unit

(1)

Conventions About the Title Unit

(1)

Conventions About the Publication Information Unit

(1)

A. Book Publication Information

(3)

B. Magazine and Journal Publication Information

(2)

C. Newspaper Publication Information

(1)

D. Nonprint Publication Information

(1)

READING SOURCES OF PRINT INFORMATION AND WRITING PRELIMINARY CITATIONS

(21)

Encyclopedias

(1)

Reference Books and Indices: Bibliographies, Handbooks, Biographical References and More

(4)

The Vertical Files

(1)

Government Publications

(2)

Abstracting Services

(1)

Online and Card Catalogs

(1)

Periodical Indexes

(6)

Computer Databases

(3)

Other Sources of Print Information

(2)

RECORDING POSSIBLE NONPRINT SOURCES: CONVENTIONS OF PRELIMINARY CITATIONS (MLA STYLE)

(11)

Three Units of Information in a Nonprint Preliminary Citation

(1)

Radio and TV Programs

(1)

Interviews

(1)

Lectures and Speeches

(1)

Questionnaires, Surveys, and Polls

(1)

Films and Filmstrips

(5)

Videocassettes, Laser Discs, and Interactive Video

(1)

CDs, Audiotapes, Other Audios

(1)

CHAPTER 5 Recording Information

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(29)

ORDERING TASKS

100

(1)

PLAGIARISM--AND HOW NOT TO COMMIT IT

100

(6)

Of Words and Ideas--And Plagiarism

101

(1)

How Not to Plagiarize

101

(1)

Notes That Plagiarize

102

(1)

Notes That Don't Plagiarize

103

(3)

COMMON KNOWLEDGE

106

(1)

READING TO TAKE NOTES

107

(1)

Previewing

107

(1)

Skimming

107

(1)

Scanning

108

(1)

EVALUATING SOURCE MATERIALS

108

(3)

Before You Read

109

(1)

When You Read

110

(1)

QUALITIES OF GOOD NOTES

111

(3)

Legibility

112

(1)

Accuracy

112

(1)

Completeness

113

(1)

CONVENTIONS OF WRITING NOTES

114

(6)

1. Quotations

114

(4)

2. Words Omitted from a Quotation

118

(1)

3. Interpolations or Commentaries

118

(2)

4. Foreign Words and Phrases

120

(1)

5. Titles Within Quotations and Sources

120

(1)

KINDS OF NOTES

120

(6)

Summary Notes

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(1)

Paraphrase Notes

122

(1)

Direct Quotation Notes

123

(2)

Personal Comment Notes

125

(1)

Combination Notes

126

(1)

NUMBER OF NOTE CARDS

126

(1)

A NOTE ABOUT PHOTOCOPYING

127

(1)

IF YOU USE A COMPUTER

127

(2)

CHAPTER 6 Organizing Ideas

129

(25)

RECONSIDERATION TIME

129

(1)

PUTTING THE PARTS TOGETHER

130

(1)

WHAT A THESIS STATEMENT IS

131

(1)

WHAT A THESIS STATEMENT IS NOT

132

(2)

HOW A THESIS STATEMENT EVOLVES

134

(1)

HOW AN OUTLINE EVOLVES

135

(2)

WAYS OF ORGANIZING CONTENT

137

(3)

Time

138

(1)

Known to Unknown or Simple to Complex

138

(1)

Comparison and Contrast

138

(1)

General to Particular or Particular to General

139

(1)

Problem to Solution or Question to Answer

139

(1)

Cause to Effect or Effect to Cause

140

(1)

RELATING ORGANIZATION TO OVERALL APPROACH

140

(1)

VISUAL ORDERING--CLUSTERING AND MAPPING

141

(1)

OUTLINES

142

(10)

Content of Outlines

143

(4)

Forms of Outlines

147

(1)

Conventions of Outlines

148

(2)

Revising Outlines

150

(2)

COMPUTER AIDS TO OUTLINING

152

(1)

A FINAL CHECK

152

(2)

CHAPTER 7 Writing Your Paper

154

(32)

WHAT "DRAFTING" MEANS

154

(1)

WRITING STYLE

155

(1)

STARTING YOUR PAPER

156

(6)

Bad Openings

161

(1)

WRITING THE BODY OF YOUR PAPER

162

(3)

Unity and Coherence

163

(1)

Adequate Support

164

(1)

Emphasis

164

(1)

Concreteness and Specificity

165

(1)

INTEGRATING RESOURCE INFORMATION

165

(6)

1. Using Lead-in Wording

166

(1)

2. Varying Introductory Phrases

167

(1)

3. Documenting Information Anywhere

167

(1)

4. Fitting Documented Material Grammatically

168

(1)

5. Grouping Citations

169

(1)

6. Using Paraphrases and Summaries

169

(2)

RECORDING AND PUNCTUATING QUOTATIONS

171

(4)

Short Prose Passages

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(1)

Longer Prose Passages

172

(1)

Short Passages of Poetry

173

(1)

Longer Passages of Poetry

173

(1)

Drama

174

(1)

COMMENT NOTES

175

(1)

ENDING THE PAPER

175

(4)

Bad Endings

178

(1)

REVISING YOUR PAPER

179

(3)

Word Choice and Sentence Structure

180

(1)

Mechanics

181

(1)

REVISING ON A COMPUTER

182

(1)

SELECTING A TITLE

183

(3)

CHAPTER 8 Documenting Your Paper

186

(16)

WHERE AND HOW TO MAKE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

186

(1)

PARENTHETICAL DOCUMENTATION: MLA (MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION)

187

(4)

Conventions of Parenthetical Documentation

187

(1)

Punctuation and Spacing in Parenthetical Documentation

188

(1)

Identifying Sources in Parenthetical Documentation

189

(2)

DOCUMENTING VISUALS: MAPS, CHARTS, GRAPHS, AND TABLES

191

(2)

USING COMMENT NOTES IN ADDITION TO PARENTHETICAL DOCUMENTATION

193

(1)

MLA ENDNOTE DOCUMENTATION

193

(9)

Note Numbering System

194

(1)

First References in Endnotes: Books

194

(2)

First References in Endnotes: Periodicals

196

(1)

First References in Endnotes: Other Print Sources

197

(2)

First References in Endnotes: Nonprint Sources

199

(1)

Subsequent References in Endnotes

200

(2)

CHAPTER 9 Preparing the Works Cited List (MLA Form)

202

(19)

WHAT TO INCLUDE

202

(2)

Conventions to Follow

203

(1)

STANDARD FORMS FOR WORKS CITED

204

(17)

Books

204

(6)

Periodicals

210

(2)

Other Print Sources

212

(5)

Nonprint Sources

217

(4)

CHAPTER 10 Final Presentation

221

(26)

MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION AND PROOFREADING

221

(1)

TYPING/WORD PROCESSING

222

(1)

PAGE NUMBERING

223

(1)

FIRST PAGE OF THE RESEARCH PAPER TEXT (MLA)

223

(1)

OUTLINE

224

(1)

THE TEXT (MLA STYLE)

224

(1)

ILLUSTRATIVE MATERIALS: CHARTS, TABLES, GRAPHS, AND OTHER VISUALS

225

(1)

COMMENT NOTES

225

(1)

ENDNOTES

225

(1)

WORKS CITED

226

(1)

ANNOTATIONS

226

(1)

APPENDIX

227

(1)

OTHER OPTIONS: PREFACES, STATEMENTS OF PURPOSE, SYNOPSES, AND ABSTRACTS

228

(1)

FASTENING PAGES

228

(1)

SAMPLE RESEARCH PAPER IN MLA FORM

229

(18)

CHAPTER 11 APA and Other Styles

247

(28)

APA FORMAT AND PAGE NUMBERING

247

(1)

APA-FORM TITLE PAGE

248

(1)

REFERENCE CITATIONS IN TEXT

248

(1)

Acknowledging Ideas and Short Quotations

249

(1)

CONVENTIONS OF APA IN-TEXT DOCUMENTATION

249

(2)

NOTES AND ENDNOTES

251

(1)

APPENDIXES AND OTHER MATERIALS

251

(1)

REFERENCES IN THE APA FORMAT

251

(5)

Print Resources

254

(1)

Nonprint Resources

255

(1)

SAMPLE RESEARCH PAPER IN APA FORM

256

(16)

OTHER RESEARCH DOCUMENTATION AND REFERENCE SYSTEMS

272

(3)

Footnotes

272

(1)

Between-Line Documentation

272

(1)

Author-and-Date System

272

(1)

Full In-Text Documentation

273

(1)

Numbering Sources

273

(2)

APPENDIX A Selected List of Reference Works Available in Libraries

275

(16)

GENERAL REFERENCE WORKS

277

(3)

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

280

(2)

SOCIAL SCIENCES

282

(3)

HUMANITIES

285

(4)

VOCATIONAL STUDIES

289

(2)

APPENDIX B Reference Words and Abbreviations

291

(4)

Index

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