A practical guide to research papers / James P. Farrelly & Lorraine M. Murphy.
Publication details: San Diego ; Tokyo ; New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, publishers, c1988.Description: viii, 280 p. : ill. ; 28 cmISBN:- 9780155710337
- 0155710338 (pbk.)
- 808.02 23 FAR
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Approaching the assignment
The importance of writing a research paper
Understanding the specific assignment
Analyzing a sample research paper
Chapter 2 Selecting your topic
Recognizing a good topic
Limiting the topic
Exploring a thesis idea
Chapter 3 Exploring your campus library: An over view of its major holding
Learning to use a college library
Locating reference works
Locating books
Locating periodicals
Selecting indexes and guides
Cross-reference index
Chapter 4 Research strategies: Developing your preliminary bibliography
Getting started
Bibliography card
Note card: One idea ,one card
Library research strategies
General search worksheet
Chapter 5 Reading and note-taking
Selecting what you should read
Note taking
Paraphrasing
Paraphrasing in your paper
Chapter 6 Avoiding plagiarism
Borrowing scholarly materials
Chapter 7 Writing the rough draft
Revising your outline
Your preliminary rough draft
Documenting your paper
Parenthetical documentation
Linking Parenthetical documentation with works cited
MLA Documentation forms
Chapter 8 Preparing the final outline and editing the final paper
Writing your final outline
Introducing borrowed materials
Editing your revised rough draft
Preparing your final manuscript
Final otline worksheet
Index : p. 277-280.
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