Title:
Writing research papers across the curriculum
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Series:
Advantage series
Edition:
5th.ed.
Publication Information:
Boston, MA : Wadsworth Publishing, 2005
Physical Description:
xiii, 450 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781413002379
9781413002874
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Summary
Summary
Not just a research paper manual, this text initiates students into the community of academic disciplines, enabling them to write meaningful and cogent academic papers in a variety of courses across the curriculum.
Table of Contents
| 1 What Is A Research Paper? |
| How to Use This Guide |
| Overview: What is a Research Paper |
| Learning, Thinking, and Research Papers |
| The Evidence |
| Facts |
| Inferences |
| Judgments |
| Evaluating the Evidence |
| Sources of Evidence and Types of Research Projects |
| Summary |
| 2 Where Do I Begin? |
| Step 1 The Researcher''s Notebook |
| Step 2 Deciding on the Research Question/Assumption That You Are Going to Test |
| Step 3 Formulating Your Research Question/Assumption |
| Step 4 Formulating Your Working Hypothesis/Thesis |
| Strategy 1 Discovering Assumptions About Your Area of Investigation |
| Strategy 2 Turning Judgmental Statements Into Inferences |
| Strategy 3 Defining Your Terms |
| Step 5 Choosing Your Research Strategy--Research Questions |
| A Few More Words About Research Projects and Testing |
| Studies and Experiments |
| A Review or a Review of the Literature Paper |
| Critical Papers |
| A Research Proposal |
| A Final Note |
| Planning Ahead: Developing a Work Schedule |
| 3 Finding the Evidence |
| The Researcher''s Stance |
| Sources and Resources |
| Sources: Where Do I Find What I Need to Know? Authoritative Sources |
| Resources |
| The Research Process |
| What to Expect and How to Manage |
| Bibliographic "Filing" Systems |
| Searching for Potential Sources |
| Know Your Database |
| Searches by Subject and Keyword |
| What Your Search Will Produce |
| Locating Print Sources |
| Evaluating Online Sources |
| Information to Record About Electronic Sources |
| Summary |
| 4 Reading Critically and Taking Notes |
| Reading Actively and Critically: An Overview |
| Previewing Your Sources |
| Determining the Quality of Your Sources |
| Deciding What to Read First |
| Coping With Difficult Material |
| Reading to Understand What an Author Is Doing and Saying |
| Questions to Ask About What an Author Is Doing |
| Questions To Ask About What An Author Is Saying |
| Writing To Comprehend What You Are Reading |
| Critiquing Your Sources |
| Keeping Track of Sources |
| Creating Files and a Cataloging System |
| Creating a Working Bibliography |
| Writing Summaries (with a Few Words about Annotated Bibliographies) |
| Recording Specific Pieces of Information |
| Facts or Data |
| Specifics about the Author''s Views |
| Dealing with Material an Author Has Taken from Other Sources |
| Summary |
| 5 Writing Your Paper |
| The Writing Process: An Overview |
| Writing for Readers |
| Working from Whole to Part |
| Maps of the Territory |
| Writing an Abstract: Your First Rough Draft |
| Reviewing Your Evidence |
| A Report on a Study or Experiment |
| General Format |
| The First Section: Introduction, review of the Literature, Statement of the Hypothesis |
| The Second Section: A Description of Your Study, Including Data and Methodology |
| The Third Section: Results, Discussion, Conclusions |
| Appendixes and Reference List |
| The Abstract |
| General Guidelines For Writing the Report |
| A Review or a Review of the Literature Paper |
| A Critical Paper |
| Developing Your Thesis Statement |
| Writing An Abstract of Your Paper: your Fist Draft |
| Creating a Map of the Territory |
| Drafting and Revising |
| May I Use The First Person in My Paper? And Other Issues Related to Style |
| Summary |
| 6 How To and How Not To Incorporate Your Evidence Into Your Paper |
| If You Don''t Use and Acknowledge Your Sources Properly, You May End Up Plagiarizing |
| What Plagiarism Is |
| Common Sources of Unintentional Plagiarism |
| Using and Acknowledging Your Sources Properly |
| Use What You Need Where You Need It--And Document What you Have Used |
| Using Discrete Pieces of Information |
| Summarizing the Work of Others |
| Experts Openly Acknowledge Their Sources In The Body of Their Papers, So Should You |
| Summarizing The Work and Ideas of Another Expert: How Experienced Writers Do It |
| Using Direct Quotations Properly |
| 7 Polishing Your Final Draft |
| Copyediting and Proofreading: Some Strategies |
| Copyediting and Proofreading: Issues to Consider |
| The Format of the Paper |
| 8 Documenting Your Sources: The Basics |
| Choosing a Documentation Style |
| Understanding Documentation Systems and Styles |
| The Two Basic Premises of Documentation |
| Basic Systems and Styles of Documentation |
| System |
