Preface

Chapter 1 Writing from Research

1a Why Do Research?

1b Learning The Conventions of Academic Writing

1c Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism

1d Understanding a Research Assignment

Understanding the Terminology

1e Establishing a Research Schedule

Chapter 2 Finding a Topic

2a Relating Your Personal Ideas to a Scholarly Problem

Connecting Personal Experience to Scholarly Topics

Speculating about Your Subject to Discover Ideas and to Focus on the

Issues

2b Talking with Others to Find and Refine the Topic

Personal Interviews and Discussions

Online Discussion Groups

2c Using Online Searches to Refine Your Topic

Using an Online Subject Directory

Using an Internet Keyword Search

2d Using the Library’s Electronic Databases to Find and Narrow a Subject

2e Using the Library’s Electronic Book Catalog to Find a Topic

2f Developing a Thesis Statement, Enthymeme, or Hypothesis

2g Drafting a Research Proposal

The Short Proposal

The Long Proposal

Your Research Project

Chapter 3 Organizing Ideas and Setting Goals

3a Using a Basic Order to Chart the Course of Your Work

3b Using Your Research Proposal to Direct Your Notetaking

3c Listing Key Terms and Phrases to Set Directions for Notetaking

3d Writing a Rough Outline

3e Using Questions to Identify Issues

3f Setting Goals by Using Organizational Patterns

3g Using Approaches across the Curriculum to Chart Your Ideas

3h Using Your Thesis to Chart the Direction of Your Research

Your Research Project

Chapter 4 Gathering Sources Online

4a Beginning an Online Search

CHECKLIST: Evaluating Internet Sources

4b Reading an Online Address

4c Using Keyword and Boolean Expressions

Subject Directory Search Engines

Robot-Driven Search Engines

Metasearch Engines

Specialized Search Engines

Educational Search Engines

Educational Search Engines Maintained by Libraries

4d Using RSS and Social Bookmarking

RSS Feeds

Web and Social Bookmarking

4e Searching for Articles in Journals and Magazines

Online journals

Online Magazines

4f Searching for Articles in Newspapers and Media Sources

4g Searching for Photographs and Other Visual Sources

4h Accessing E-Books

4i Using Listserv, Usenet, Blogs, and Chat Groups

E-mail News Groups

Real-Time Chatting

4j Examining Library Holdings via Online Access

4k Finding an Internet Bibliography

4l Conducting Archival Research on the Internet

Go to the Library

Go to an Edited Search Engine

Go to a Metasearch Engine

Go to a Listserv or Usenet Group

Utilize Newspaper Archives

Your Research Project

Chapter 5 Gathering Data in the Library

5a Launching the Search

5b Developing a Working Bibliography

5c Finding Books on Your Topic

Using Your Library’s Electronic Book Catalog

Using the Library’s Bibliographies

5d Finding Articles in Magazines and Journals

Searching the General Indexes to Periodicals

Finding Indexes by Topic in Appendix B

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