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| Introduction | |
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| How to Use This Book | |
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| What You're Not to Read | |
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| Foolish Assumptions | |
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| How This Book Is Organized | |
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| Bonus Web Chapter | |
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| Icons Used in This Book | |
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| Where to Go from Here | |
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| Figuring Out What You Are Writing and How to Write It | |
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| Running a Marathon in Sandals, or Writing a Research Paper | |
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| Writing Research Papers Is for Your Own Good, Honest | |
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| Cooking Up a Research Paper: The Basic Ingredients | |
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| Meeting the Family: Characteristics of Each Type of Research Paper | |
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| Climbing the Steps to Successful Research Papers | |
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| Getting on the Right Track: Tips for Saving Time and Effort | |
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| Making a Long Story Short | |
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| Timing Is Everything | |
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| Finding a Method That Suits Your Madness | |
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| Discovering a Method That Suits Your Authority Figure's Madness | |
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| What Am I Writing About? | |
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| Defining Terms: Subject, Topic, and Thesis | |
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| Selecting a Subject for Your Paper: The Subject of Your Affection | |
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| Attending to the Topic of Topics | |
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| Moving from a Topic to a Thesis | |
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| Surveying the Territory: When Your Paper Doesn't Need a Thesis | |
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| Finding Everything about Anything: Research | |
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| Casting a Wide Net: Choosing Sources for Your Paper | |
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| Sourcing Your Paper: How Many and What Kinds Do You Need? | |
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| Stalking the Wild Source: A Field Guide | |
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| Distrusting What You Find: A Guide to Evaluating Sources | |
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| Surfing Safari: Researching Online | |
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| Creating an Effective Search | |
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| Taking You Where You Want to Go: Search Engines and Subject Catalogues | |
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| Traveling Express: Metasearch Engines | |
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| Searching Online Databases | |
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| Finding the Best of the Internet: Good Spots to Begin Your Research | |
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| Drowning in Information? How to Swim to Shore | |
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| Working from Traditional Sources | |
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| Researching from Library Books | |
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| Finding Books in Bookstores | |
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| Locating Newspaper and Magazine Articles | |
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| Panning for Gold in the Pamphlet File | |
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| Finding Audio-Visual Sources: You Oughta Be in Pictures | |
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| Associating with Experts | |
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| Examining George Washington's Letters: Researching from Special Collections | |
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| Real Live People: Interviewing Techniques | |
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| Finding Interview Subjects: Where the People Are | |
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| Getting the Interview | |
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| Preparing for the Interview | |
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| Conducting the Interview | |
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| Cleaning Up: Changing Real Speech into Readable Quotations | |
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| Collecting Pearls of Wisdom: How to Take Notes | |
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| One Size Does Not Fit All: Note-Taking Methods | |
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| Carding--the Old System | |
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| Note Taking on the Computer | |
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| Can't We All Get Along? Combining Note Cards and Computers | |
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| Highlighting and Indexing | |
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| Indexing Audio-Visual Sources | |
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| Documenting Your Sources | |
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| Note Taking: What to Write, What to Skip | |
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| Surveying the Field: Preliminary Notes | |
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| Note Taking with Focus | |
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| Avoiding Common Pitfalls: Too Many, Too Few, and Repetitive Notes | |
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| N Tkg W/Abbr. | |
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| Taking Proper Notes: An Example | |
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| Staying on the Right Side of the Law | |
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| Avoiding Plagiarism for Fun and Profit | |
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| Quote Unquote | |
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| Deciding When to Cite Sources | |
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| Seeing What You Don't Have to Cite | |
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| Following the Golden Rule of Citations | |
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| Staying on the Right Side of the Copyright Law | |
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| More Than Sharpening Pencils: Preparing to Write | |
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| Forming a Thesis Statement | |
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| Laying a Firm Foundation for Your Paper | |
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| Forming a Thesis and Writing a Thesis Statement | |
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| Avoiding Potholes: Too Broad, Too Narrow, or Self-Evident Theses | |
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| Examining Quality Thesis Statements | |
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| Forming a Topic Sentence | |
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| Choosing a Title | |
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| Choosing a Structure for Your Paper | |
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| Marrying Form and Content: The Right Structure with the Right Thesis | |
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| Considering the Options: Structures for Every Occasion | |
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| Organizing a Paper That Doesn't Have a Thesis | |
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| Personalizing a Structural Framework | |
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| Organizing the Information: Subtopics | |
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| Mining Research Notes for Subtopics | |
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| Matching Subtopics to Structure | |
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| Sorting Notes: Placing the Right Idea in the Right Basket | |
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| The Battle Plan: Constructing an Outline | |
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| Drawing Up a Battle Plan: Why Outlines Are Necessary | |
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| Indenting by the Rules: How to Format an Outline | |
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| Turning Notes into an Outline: A Practical Guide | |
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| Checking the Logical Path | |
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| Turn on the Computer, Fill the Fountain Pen: It's Time to Write | |
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| Allow Me to Introduce Myself: Writing an Effective Introduction | |
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| Setting Your Reader on the Right Path: What an Introduction Accomplishes | |
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| Creating and Placing the Essential Elements of the Introduction | |
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| Steering Clear of Vague Introductions | |
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| Writing Introductions for Science and Business Research Papers | |
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| The Body of Evidence | |
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| Putting Meat on the Bones: Writing the Body of the Paper | |
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| Defining Paragraphs and Writing Topic Sentences | |
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| Staying on Topic: The Tuna Fish Defense | |
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| Connecting the Dots: Moving from One Subtopic to Another | |
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| Presenting Evidence and Relating It to a Thesis | |
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| Inserting Quotations | |
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| One Picture Is Worth | |
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| Answering Objections in Advance: Concession and Reply | |
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| And in Conclusion | |
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| Summarizing versus Concluding: How to Tell the Difference | |
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| Packing the Essentials: What the Conclusion Must Contain | |
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| Getting It Together: How to Combine the Essential Elements of a Conclusion | |
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| Concluding a Survey Paper | |
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| Concluding Science Research Papers | |
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| The Picky Stuff: Citing Sources | |
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| Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due: Documenting Sources | |
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| Meeting the Major Players in the Citation Game | |
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| It's a Breeze: The Final Draft | |
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| Polishing Is Not Just for Shoes | |
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| Styling Your Sentences | |
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| Fixing Grammar Gremlins | |
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| Putting It All Together | |
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| Solving Special Problems | |
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| Adjusting Length: The Long and the Short of It | |
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| Overcoming Writer's Block | |
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| Surviving Research Disasters | |
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| The Part of Tens | |
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| The Ten Best Ways to Start Electronic Research | |
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| Designing a Search | |
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| Revving Up a Search Engine | |
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| Taxing Government Resources | |
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| Hitting the Library | |
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| Hitting the Other Library | |
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| Checking Your FAQs | |
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| Getting Down to Business | |
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| Reading the Paper | |
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| Opening Up a Subject Catalogue | |
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| Finding People | |
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| The Ten Best Ways to Start Traditional Research | |
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| Asking the Boss | |
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| Asking the Librarian | |
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| Opening the Catalogue | |
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| Referring to Reference Books | |
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| Checking the Children's Section | |
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| Reading the Reader's Guide | |
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| Noting the News | |
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| Perusing the Pamphlet File | |
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| Browsing Bowker's | |
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| Going Shopping | |
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| Appendix | |
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| Arts | |
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| Arts Topics for Younger Writers | |
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| History | |
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| History Topics for Younger Writers | |
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| Literature and Language | |
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| Literature Topics for Younger Writers | |
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| Science, Mathematics, and Technology | |
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| Science, Mathematics, and Technology Topics for Younger Writers | |
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| Social Science and Psychology | |
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| Social Science and Psychology Topics for Younger Writers | |
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| Interdisciplinary Ideas | |
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| Interdisciplinary Ideas for Younger Writers | |
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| Index | |