
The Research Paper
A Guide to Library and Internet Research
Pearson (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published on 16. December 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-13-098256-8 (ISBN)
Description
For courses in Freshman Composition, Research Writing, or any course where students are researching and writing. Full of practical writing assignments and supplemented with its own Companion Website, Evaluation Online Sources and a twelve month ContentSelectaA A subscription, this adaptable, state-of-the-art text teaches students to write research papers and to search libraries and Websites in preparation for drafting and documenting research papers. Technically two books in one (a guide to writing research papers and an introduction to traditional library and online searching), it demonstrates how to find sources in libraries and on the Internet (including e-mail, listservs, and online forums); illustrates how to find, evaluate, save, and organize the resources located; and shows how to integrate and cite sources within the research paper.
More details
Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-098256-8 (9780130982568)
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Content
1. The Research Paper in the Information Age. 2. Getting Started: Discovering Your Topic, Preliminary Searching, and Organizing Your Research. 3. From Research Questions to Research Plans. 4. Finding Sources. 5. Evaluating Sources. 6. Organizing Sources and Notes: Preparing to Write. 7. Turning Your Research into the Written Report. 8. Documenting Sources. Appendix A: Writing for the Web. Appendix B: Creating a PowerPoint Presentation. Appendix C: Sample Paper, APA Style. Appendix D: Sample Paper, MLA Style. Appendix E: Sample Paper, CBE Style.