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| To the Student | |
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| To the Instructor | |
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| Introduction: Welcome to the Study of Sociology | |
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| What Is Sociology? | |
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| Different Kinds of Sociology | |
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| Some Fundamental Ideas of Sociology | |
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| A Brief History of Sociology | |
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| The Rise of American Sociology | |
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| Major Sociological Perspectives | |
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| A Final Note | |
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| A Handbook of Style for Sociology | |
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| Writing as Communication | |
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| Writing to Learn | |
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| The Writing Process | |
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| Levels of Academic Writing | |
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| Writing Competently | |
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| Guidelines for the Competent Writer | |
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| Some Rules of Punctuation and Grammar | |
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| Spelling | |
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| Formats | |
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| General Page Format | |
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| Title Page | |
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| Abstract | |
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| Executive Summary | |
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| Outline Page | |
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| Table of Contents | |
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| List of Tables and Figures | |
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| Tables | |
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| Illustrations and Figures | |
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| Text | |
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| Headings and Subheadings | |
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| References | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| Citing Sources | |
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| Preliminary Considerations | |
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| Citing Sources in ASA Format | |
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| Conducting Research in Sociology | |
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| Organizing the Research Process | |
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| Gaining Control of the Research Process | |
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| Effective Research Methods | |
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| Avoiding Plagiarism | |
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| Sources of Information | |
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| Guides to Sociological Literature | |
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| General Periodicals and Newspapers | |
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| Academic Journals | |
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| Researching Books | |
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| U.S. Government Publications | |
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| Internet Resources and Distance Learning | |
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| Internet Resources for Writing Well | |
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| Sociology Resources on the Internet | |
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| The Library of Congress and Thomas | |
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| A Guide to Distance Learning | |
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| Doing Social Research | |
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| Thinking Scientifically | |
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| The Scientific Method | |
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| Common Quantitative Research Designs | |
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| How to write Different Types of Sociology Papers | |
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| Social Issue Papers | |
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| Issue Reaction Papers | |
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| Social Issue Analysis Papers | |
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| Critical Evaluation of Sociological Literature | |
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| Book Reviews | |
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| Article Critiques | |
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| Literature Reviews | |
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| Annotated Bibliography | |
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| Quantitative Research Papers | |
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| Quantitative Research Designs | |
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| Survey-Based Quantitative Research Papers | |
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| Qualitative Research Papers | |
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| What Is Qualitative Research? | |
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| Comparing Quantitative and Qualitative Research | |
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| Case Studies as Qualitative Research | |
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| A Qualitative Case Study Paper | |
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| Glossary | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |