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Handbook for college research / Rob Perrin.

By: Publication details: Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin, 2005.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xxiii, 371 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0618441336
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808.02 PER
Contents:
1. Moving from subject to topic: where research begins - 2. Planning thesis statements and stated objectives - 3. Defining research goals and evaluating sources - 4. Learning about your library - 5. Learning to use online catalogs and periodical databases - 6. Conducting field research and using audiovisual sources - 7. Using the internet and other electronic sources - 8. Evaluating sources and writing a research proposal - 9. Thinking critically - 10. Taking notes from sources - 11. Planning the paper - 12 Writing the draft of the paper - 13. Revising the paper - 14. Using MLA style when appropriate - 15. Using APA style when appropriate - 16. Using Chicago style when appropriate - 17. Using CBE style when appropriate - Appendix A: Document design and manuscript preparation - Appendix B: Abbreviations and shortened forms of publishers' names - Appendix C: Glossary of computer terms.
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1. Moving from subject to topic: where research begins - 2. Planning thesis statements and stated objectives - 3. Defining research goals and evaluating sources - 4. Learning about your library - 5. Learning to use online catalogs and periodical databases - 6. Conducting field research and using audiovisual sources - 7. Using the internet and other electronic sources - 8. Evaluating sources and writing a research proposal - 9. Thinking critically - 10. Taking notes from sources - 11. Planning the paper - 12 Writing the draft of the paper - 13. Revising the paper - 14. Using MLA style when appropriate - 15. Using APA style when appropriate - 16. Using Chicago style when appropriate - 17. Using CBE style when appropriate - Appendix A: Document design and manuscript preparation - Appendix B: Abbreviations and shortened forms of publishers' names - Appendix C: Glossary of computer terms.