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| To the Instructor | |
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| To the Student | |
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| Shaping Your Topic | |
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| Conducting Your Research | |
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| Making Preliminary Decisions | |
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| The Nature of Your Paper | |
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| Your Purpose in Writing | |
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| Your Audience | |
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| Helpful Techniques for Getting Started | |
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| Narrowing Your Subject | |
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| Evaluating Possible Topics | |
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| Helpful Techniques for Narrowing Your Search | |
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| Formulating a Thesis | |
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| Writing a Prospectus | |
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| Recording Possible Sources | |
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| Considering Main Points | |
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| Checklist for Shaping Your Topic | |
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| Exercise A: Preliminary Decisions | |
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| Exercise B: First Steps | |
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| Learning Research Resources And Procedures | |
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| Understanding the Library | |
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| Using the Catalog | |
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| Call Numbers | |
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| Classification Systems | |
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| Online Catalogs | |
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| Locating Books | |
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| Understanding Internet Resources | |
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| What Can You Find on the Internet? | |
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| Browse and Search Strategies | |
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| Searching Commercial Databases | |
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| Types of Databases | |
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| Basic and Advanced Searching | |
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| Using the Reference Room | |
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| The Reference Librarian | |
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| General Reference Works | |
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| Checklist for Learning Research Resources and Procedures | |
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| Exercise C: Exploring the Library | |
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| Exercise D: Searching Reference Works | |
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| Using Basic Reference Sources | |
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| General Listings of Books and Articles | |
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| Books In Print | |
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| Vertical File Index | |
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| Essay & General Literature Index | |
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| Readers' Guide | |
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| Humanities Abstracts | |
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| Humanities International Index | |
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| Education Abstracts | |
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| ERIC | |
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| SocINDEX | |
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| Academic Search Premier | |
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| Newspaper Indexes | |
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| Newspaper Source | |
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| LexisNexis Academic | |
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| General Indexes | |
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| Bibliographic Index | |
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| Biography Index | |
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| MLA International Bibliography | |
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| Citation Indexes | |
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| Book Review Index | |
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| Book Review Digest | |
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| Checklist for Using Basic Reference Sources | |
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| Exercise E: Searching for Books and Articles | |
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| Evaluating And Recording Material Responsibly | |
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| Evaluating Sources | |
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| Criteria for Evaluating Internet Sources | |
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| Criteria for Evaluating Print Sources | |
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| Fact vs. Opinion | |
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| Other Sources of Information | |
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| Government Publications | |
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| Corporate Publications | |
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| Organizations | |
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| Additional Library Sources | |
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| Personal Research Sources | |
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| Using Sources Efficiently | |
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| Downloading and Photocopying Information | |
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| Taking Notes | |
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| Checklist for Evaluating and Recording Material Responsibly | |
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| Exercise F: Differentiating Fact and Opinion | |
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| Exercise G: Taking Notes | |
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| Avoiding Plagiarism | |
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| Defining Common Knowledge | |
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| Avoiding Unintentional Plagiarism: Paraphrase, Summary, and Quotation | |
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| Using Internet Sources | |
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| Checklist for Avoiding Plagiarism | |
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| Exercise H: Avoiding Plagiarism | |
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| Avoiding Plagiarism | |
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| Types of Outlines | |
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| Running Outlines | |
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| Topical Maps | |
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| Working Outlines | |
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| Formal Outlines | |
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| Conventions of Outlining | |
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| Examples of Formal Outlines | |
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| Sample Sentence Outline | |
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| Sample Topic Outline | |
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| Combination Outline | |
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| Checklist for Constructing Your Outline | |
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| Exercise I: Analyzing a Faulty Outline | |
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| Writing Your First Draft | |
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| Putting Words on Paper | |
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| Getting Started | |
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| Finding a Time and a Place to Write | |
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| Freewriting | |
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| Organizing Your Notes | |
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| Fine-Tuning Your Outline | |
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| Getting Your Draft on Paper | |
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| Opening Gambits | |
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| Closure | |
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| Managing Borrowed Material | |
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| Managing Summaries | |
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| Managing Quotations | |
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| Checklist for Writing Your First Draft | |
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| Exercise J: Managing Borrowed Material | |
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| Preparing Your Final Copy | |
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| Effective Revision | |
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| Developing Your Outline | |
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| Writing in an Appropriate Style | |
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| Using the Active Voice | |
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| Varying Sentence Patterns | |
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| Avoiding Jargon | |
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| Writing Concisely | |
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| Using Nondiscriminatory Language | |
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| Proofreading | |
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| Formatting Your Paper | |
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| Checklist for Preparing Your Final Copy | |
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| Exercise K: Proofreading and Revision | |
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| Documenting A Paper Mla Style: Works Cited And In-Text Citation | |
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| Listing Sources | |
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| Checklist of Bibliographic Forms | |
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| Examples: Books | |
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| Examples: Periodicals | |
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| Examples: The Internet and Other Electronic Media | |
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| Examples: Nonprint or Unpublished Sources | |
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| In-Text Citation | |
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| Examples: Print Sources | |
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| Examples: Nonprint Sources | |
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| Explanation and Reference Notes | |
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| Sample Papers: In-Text Citation | |
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| "Understanding and Dealing with Animal Hoarding." | |
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| "A Monstrous Joy" | |
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| Ambivalent Messages in "The Story of an Hour." | |
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| Checklist for Documenting a Paper MLA Style: Works Cited and In-Text Citation | |
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| Exercise L: Listing Sources in Works Cited | |
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| Documenting A Paper Mla Style: Endnotes | |
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| Kinds of Citation Notes | |
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| Footnotes | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| First References | |
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| Subsequent References | |
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| Split Notes | |
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| Sample First Reference Note Forms | |
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| Examples: Books | |
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| Examples: Periodicals | |
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| Examples: The Internet and Other Electronic Media | |
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| Examples: Nonprint and Unpublished Sources | |
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| Sample Paper: Endnotes | |
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| "Decline and Fall of the Oneida Community." | |
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| Checklist for Documenting a Paper MLA Style: Endnotes | |
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| Exercise M: Citing Sources in Endnotes | |
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| Documenting A Paper Apa Style | |
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| Listing References | |
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| Examples: Books | |
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| Examples: Periodicals | |
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| Examples: The Internet and Other Electronic Media | |
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| In-Text Citation | |
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| Sample Paper: APA Style | |
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| Michael George: "The School Uniform Debate." Checklist for Documenting a Paper APA Style | |
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| Abbreviations and Basic Terms | |
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| Scholarly Forms | |
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| Library Terms and Abbreviations | |
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| Publishers' Names | |
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| Months and States | |
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| Chicago Manual of Style | |
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| Credits | |
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| Index | |