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What Is A Research Paper? | |
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How to Use This Guide | |
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Overview: What is a Research Paper | |
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Learning, Thinking, and Research Papers | |
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The Evidence | |
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Facts | |
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Inferences | |
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Judgments | |
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Evaluating the Evidence | |
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Sources of Evidence and Types of Research Projects | |
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Summary | |
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Where Do I Begin? | |
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The Researcher''s Notebook | |
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Deciding on the Research Question/Assumption That You Are Going to Test | |
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Formulating Your Research Question/Assumption | |
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Formulating Your Working Hypothesis/Thesis | |
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Discovering Assumptions About Your Area of Investigation | |
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Turning Judgmental Statements Into Inferences | |
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Defining Your Terms | |
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Choosing Your Research Strategy--Research Questions | |
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A Few More Words About Research Projects and Testing | |
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Studies and Experiments | |
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A Review or a Review of the Literature Paper | |
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Critical Papers | |
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A Research Proposal | |
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A Final Note | |
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Planning Ahead: Developing a Work Schedule | |
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Finding the Evidence | |
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The Researcher''s Stance | |
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Sources and Resources | |
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Sources: Where Do I Find What I Need to Know? Authoritative Sources | |
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Resources | |
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The Research Process | |
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What to Expect and How to Manage | |
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Bibliographic "Filing" Systems | |
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Searching for Potential Sources | |
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Know Your Database | |
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Searches by Subject and Keyword | |
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What Your Search Will Produce | |
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Locating Print Sources | |
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Evaluating Online Sources | |
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Information to Record About Electronic Sources | |
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Summary | |
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Reading Critically and Taking Notes | |
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Reading Actively and Critically: An Overview | |
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Previewing Your Sources | |
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Determining the Quality of Your Sources | |
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Deciding What to Read First | |
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Coping With Difficult Material | |
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Reading to Understand What an Author Is Doing and Saying | |
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Questions to Ask About What an Author Is Doing | |
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Questions To Ask About What An Author Is Saying | |
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Writing To Comprehend What You Are Reading | |
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Critiquing Your Sources | |
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Keeping Track of Sources | |
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Creating Files and a Cataloging System | |
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Creating a Working Bibliography | |
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Writing Summaries (with a Few Words about Annotated Bibliographies) | |
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Recording Specific Pieces of Information | |
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Facts or Data | |
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Specifics about the Author''s Views | |
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Dealing with Material an Author Has Taken from Other Sources | |
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Summary | |
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Writing Your Paper | |
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The Writing Process: An Overview | |
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Writing for Readers | |
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Working from Whole to Part | |
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Maps of the Territory | |
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Writing an Abstract: Your First Rough Draft | |
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Reviewing Your Evidence | |
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A Report on a Study or Experiment | |
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General Format | |
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The First Section: Introduction, review of the Literature, Statement of the Hypothesis | |
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The Second Section: A Description of Your Study, Including Data and Methodology | |
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The Third Section: Results, Discussion, Conclusions | |
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Appendixes and Reference List | |
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The Abstract | |
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General Guidelines For Writing the Report | |
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A Review or a Review of the Literature Paper | |
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A Critical Paper | |
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Developing Your Thesis Statement | |
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Writing An Abstract of Your Paper: your Fist Draft | |
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Creating a Map of the Territory | |
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Drafting and Revising | |
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May I Use The First Person in My Paper? And Other Issues Related to Style | |
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Summary | |
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How To and How Not To Incorporate Your Evidence Into Your Paper | |
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If You Don''t Use and Acknowledge Your Sources Properly, You May End Up Plagiarizing | |
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What Plagiarism Is | |
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Common Sources of Unintentional Plagiarism | |
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Using and Acknowledging Your Sources Properly | |
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Use What You Need Where You Need It--And Document What you Have Used | |
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Using Discrete Pieces of Information | |
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Summarizing the Work of Others | |
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Experts Openly Acknowledge Their Sources In The Body of Their Papers, So Should You | |
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Summarizing The Work and Ideas of Another Expert: How Experienced Writers Do It | |
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Using Direct Quotations Properly | |
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Polishing Your Final Draft | |
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Copyediting and Proofreading: Some Strategies | |
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Copyediting and Proofreading: Issues to Consider | |
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The Format of the Paper | |
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Documenting Your Sources: The Basics | |
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Choosing a Documentation Style | |
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Understanding Documentation Systems and Styles | |
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The Two Basic Premises of Documentation | |
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Basic Systems and Styles of Documentation | |
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System | |