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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 | |