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Preface | |
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Research Methods | |
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College Research | |
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Introduction Research in the Disciplines | |
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The Importance of Research Thinking Critically | |
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Establishing Your Purpose and Raising Questions | |
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Analyzing the Topic | |
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Synthesizing | |
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Making Inferences | |
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Evaluating The General Process of Research | |
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Preparation | |
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Incubation | |
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Illumination | |
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Verification | |
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A Physician Uses the Research Process Engaging Critically and Actively in the Reading Process | |
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Reading on Three Different Levels | |
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Structuring Your Reading Process | |
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Annotating the Text While Reading | |
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Using Sources Responsibly and Avoiding Plagiarism | |
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Finding Library and Internet Resources | |
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Introduction | |
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Libraries and General Library Resources | |
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The Library Reference Area | |
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General Reference Works | |
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Locating Library Books and Resources: Computer Cataloging System? | |
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Locating Articles in Serials: Popular Periodicals | |
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Locating Articles in Serials: Professional Journals | |
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Locating Government Documents | |
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Other Technologies | |
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Electronic Full-text Databases | |
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Internet Resource? | |
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Using Search Tools to Locate Information on Your Topic Using Internet Library and Periodicals Collection? | |
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Bookmarking Important Sites | |
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Using Library and Internet Sources | |
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Introduction Preparation and Incubation | |
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Finding a Topic | |
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Selecting a Specific Topic | |
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Narrowing and Focusing the Topic | |
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Asking Research Questions | |
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Developing a Hypothesi? | |
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Gathering Research Materials | |
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Taking Notes with Photocopies and Printout? | |
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Photocopies and Database Printout? | |
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Printing Internet Source? | |
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Downloading Internet Source? | |
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Saving Online Source? | |
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The Working Bibliograph? | |
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Developing a Search Strateg? | |
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Outlining a Time Fram? | |
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Locating Source? | |
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Evaluating Print and Electronic Sources | |
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Working with Sources | |
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Avoiding Plagiarism | |
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Acknowledge Require? | |
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No Acknowledge Required | |
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Unintentional Plagiarism | |
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International Plagiarism Illumination and Verificatio? | |
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Evaluation | |
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Writing from Sources | |
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Planning and Writing Your Research Pape? | |
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Introduction Planning Your Research Pape? | |
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Rhetorical Situation | |
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Organization | |
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Outlining and Drafting Your Research Paper | |
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Constructing an Outline or Pla? | |
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Drafting Your Pape? | |
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Avoiding Writers Bloc? | |
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Collaborating | |
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Drafting with a Computer | |
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Revising and Formatting Your Research Paper Introduction | |
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Rewriting Your Research Pape? | |
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Rereading and Reviewing Your Draf? | |
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Revising for Structure and Styl? | |
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Improving Paragraph? | |
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Improving Sentence? | |
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Improving Word? | |
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Editing for Grammar, Punctuation, and Spellin? | |
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Rewriting Your Paper Using Word Processin? | |
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Incorporating Reference Material? | |
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Incorporating Direct Quotation? | |
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Formatting and Printing Using Computer? | |
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Proofreading | |
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Considering Formal Details | |
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Word Processin? | |
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Line Spacin? | |
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Margins | |
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Title Pag? | |
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Numbering | |
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Indentation and Word Spacin? | |
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The Abstrac? | |
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The Endnote Pag? | |
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The References Page | |