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| College Research | |
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| 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 | |
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| The Importance of Formulating and Testing Hypotheses | |
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| The Inquiry Process in Social Science | |
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| The Importance of Observing Human behavior | |
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| The Importance of Understanding Human Consciousness | |
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| Objectivity versus Subjectivity | |
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| Library Resources | |
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| Libraries and General Library of Resources | |
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| The Library Reference Area | |
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| Online Computer Catalogs | |
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| How to Search the Online Catalog | |
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| Internet | |
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| Subject Headings | |
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| Recording Bibliographic Information Locating Articles in Serials | |
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| Popular Periodicals | |
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| Newspapers Locating Articles in Serials: Professional Journals | |
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| Locating Government Documents | |
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| Online Database Services | |
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| CD-ROM Searching Discipline-Specific Resources for Social Science | |
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| General Sources and Guides to Literature | |
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| Dictionaries and Almanacs | |
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| Handbooks | |
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| Encyclopedia | |
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| Biographies | |
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| Indexes and Abstracts | |
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| Library Research Methods | |
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| Preparation and Incubation | |
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| Finding a Topic | |
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| Gathering Research Materials | |
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| A Computer Research Notebook | |
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| The Working Bibliography | |
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| Developing a Search Strategy | |
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| Kirsten's Search Strategy | |
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| Outlining a Time Frame | |
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| Locating Sources Working with Sources | |
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| Reading for Meaning | |
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| Active Reading and Notetaking | |
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| Paraphrasing Appropriately and Avoiding Plagiarism | |
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| How to Paraphrase Appropriately | |
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| Making Section-by-Section Summaries | |
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| Reviewing | |
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| Perceiving the Author's Organizational Plan Illumination and Verification | |
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| Evaluation | |
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| Evaluative Criteria Writing from Sources | |
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| Summarizing | |
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| Synthesizing | |
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| Critiquing | |
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| Primary Research Methods | |
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| Problem and Hypothesis | |
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| Research Design | |
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| Gathering the Data | |
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| Analyzing the Data | |
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| Interpreting the Results Social Science Research Designs | |
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| Experiments | |
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| Surveys and Questionnaires | |
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| Interviews and Case Studies | |
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| Observations Field Observations and Reports | |
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| Sample Social Science Report: Anthropology | |
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| Planning and Writing Your Research Paper | |
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| Rhetorical Situation | |
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| Purpose | |
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| Persona | |
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| Audience | |
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| Subject Matter | |
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| Appropriate Language or Tone Organization | |
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| Revising Your Paper | |
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| Revising for Structure and Style | |
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| Improving Paragraphs | |
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| Improving Sentences | |
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| Improving Words | |
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| Mechanical Errors Rewriting Your Paper Using Word Processing | |
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| Revising with Word Processing | |
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| Editing with Word Processing | |
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| Grammar- Checking Software | |
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| Bibliography and Footnote Software | |
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| Formatting and Printing Using Computers | |
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| Proofreading Manuscript Format | |
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| Spacing | |
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| Margins | |
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| Title | |
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| Numbering | |
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| Indentation | |
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| The Abstract | |
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| The Endnote Page | |
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| The References Page | |
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| The Annotated Reference List | |
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| The Appendix | |
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| Using Graphics | |
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| Secondary Research Methods: Writing a Review Paper | |
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| A Guide to the Social Science Research Process | |
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| Preparation | |
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| Developing a Search Strategy: Kirsten's Strategy | |
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| The Library Reference Area | |
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| General Sources Focusing Your Search | |
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| Reviews | |
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| The Library Catalog | |
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| Indexes and Abstracts | |
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| Online Inde | |