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| Preface | |
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| Introduction: Rethinking the Research Paper | |
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| Learning and Unlearning | |
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| Using This Book | |
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| The Exercises | |
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| The Five-Week Plan | |
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| Alternatives to the Five-Week Plan | |
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| The Research Paper and the Research Report | |
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| Discovering Your Purpose | |
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| How Formal Should It Be? | |
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| When "Bad" | |
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| Writing Is Good | |
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| Thinking Like an Academic Writer | |
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| "Essaying" or Arguing? | |
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| The Research Essay and Academic Writing | |
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| Becoming an Authority by Using Authorities | |
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| "It's Just My Opinion" | |
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| Facts Don't Kill | |
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| The Question Habit | |
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| The First Week | |
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| The Importance of Getting Curious | |
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| Learning to Wonder Again | |
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| Getting the Pot Boiling | |
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| Other Ways to Find a Topic | |
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| What Is a Good Topic? | |
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| Making the Most of an Assigned Topic | |
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| Developing a Working Knowledge | |
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| Research Strategies | |
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| Narrowing the Subject | |
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| Circling the Lighthouse | |
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| From Landscape Shots to Close-Ups | |
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| Possible Purposes for a Research Assignment | |
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| Reading for Research | |
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| Reading Rhetorically | |
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| Reading like an Outsider | |
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| The Second Week | |
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| Developing a Research Strategy | |
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| Google vs. the Library | |
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| A Complementary Research Strategy | |
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| Find Sufficient Information by Using the Best Search Terms | |
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| Find Varied Sources | |
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| Find Quality Sources | |
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| Developing Focused Knowledge | |
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| What About a Thesis? | |
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| Library Research Techniques | |
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| Finding Books | |
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| Understanding Call Numbers | |
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| Advanced Internet Research Techniques | |
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| Types of Search Engines | |
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| Living Sources: Interviews and Surveys | |
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| Arranging Interviews | |
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| Planning Informal Surveys | |
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| Conducting Surveys | |
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| The Third Week | |
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| Writing in the Middle | |
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| Becoming an Activist Notetaker | |
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| Recognizing Plagiarism | |
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| I Read What You Said and Borrowed It, Okay? | |
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| Why Plagiarism Matters | |
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| Sources Are from Mars, Notetakers Are from Venus | |
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| Notetaking Techniques | |
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| The Double-Entry Journal | |
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| Other Notetaking Techniques | |
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| The Research Log: A Jay Leno Approach | |
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| Narrative Notetaking | |
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| Online Research Notebooks | |
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| When You're Coming Up Short: More Advanced Searching Techniques | |
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| Advanced Library Searching Techniques | |
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| Advanced Internet Search Techniques | |
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| Thinking Outside the Box: Alternative Sources | |
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| The Fourth Week | |
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| Getting to the Draft | |
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| When the Experts Disagree | |
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| An Application Example | |
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| Deciding Whether to Say I | |
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| Beginning at the Beginning | |
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| Deciding on a Voice | |
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| Writing for Reader Interest | |
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| Organizing the Draft | |
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| Delaying Thesis Structure | |
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| Question-Claim Structure | |
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| Essaying or Arguing: An Example | |
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| Writing with Sources | |
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| Quick Tips for Controlling Quotations | |
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| Grafting Quotes | |
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| Sandwiching Quotes | |
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| Billboarding Quotes | |
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| Splicing Quotes | |
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| Citing Sources | |
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| An Alternative to Colliding Footnotes | |
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| I Hate These Theses to Pieces | |
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| Driving Through the First Draft | |
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| The Fifth Week | |
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| Revising for Purpose | |
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| The Thesis as a Tool for Revision | |
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| Using a Reader | |
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| Attacking the Draft | |
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| Revising for Information | |
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| Finding Quick Facts | |
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| Revising for Language | |
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| Listening to the Voice, How to Control Information | |
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| Scrutinizing Paragraphs | |
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| Scrutinizing Sentences | |
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| Stock Phrases in Research Papers | |
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| Preparing the Final Manuscript | |
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| Considering "Reader-Friendly" | |
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| Design | |
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| Following MLA Conventions | |
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| Proofreading Your Paper | |
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| Looking Back and Moving On | |
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| Guide to MLA Styles | |
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| Citing Sources in Your Essay | |
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| Format | |
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| Preparing the "Works Cited" Page | |
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| Student Essay in MLA Style | |
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| Guide to APA Style | |
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| How the Essay Should Look | |
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| Citing Sources in Your Essay | |
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| Preparing the "References" List | |
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| Sample Paper in APA Style | |
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| Understanding Research Assignments | |
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| Analyzing the Purpose of the Assignment | |
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| Argumentative Research: Open or Closed? | |
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| Audience | |
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| Emphasis on Formal Qualities | |
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| Types of Evidence: Primary or Secondary | |
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| Index | |