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Author(s): Ralph Berry
ISBN(s): 9780415334457, 0415334454
Edition: 5
File Details: PDF, 3.07 MB
Year: 2004
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0415334454 
ISBN 13: 9780415334457
Author: Ralph Berry

Now in its fifth edition, this guide to project work continues to be an indispensable resource for all students undertaking research. Guiding the reader right through from preliminary stages to completion, The Research Project: How to write it sets out in clear and concise terms the main tasks involved in doing a research project, covering: * choosing a topic * using the library effectively * taking notes * shaping and composing the project * providing footnotes, documentation and a bibliography * avoiding common pitfalls. Fully updated throughout, this new edition features a chapter on making the most out of the Internet, from knowing where to start, to assessing the quality of the material found there. Other features include a model example of a well researched, clearly written paper with notes and bibliography and a chapter on getting published in a learned journal for more advanced researchers. Whether starting out or experienced in research, The Research Project: How to write it is an essential tool for success.

The Research Project How to Write It 5th Table of contents:

1. The choice of subject: using the library

  • Using the library

  • The library staff

  • The open shelves

  • The catalogue

  • Sample computer entry

  • Some examples

  • The periodical section

  • How to get the best out of the periodical section

  • The Bibliography section

  • Sample entry

  • Sample entry for the 1981 volume

  • The Internet

  • Searching via a directory

  • Searching via a word search

2. Using the Internet for research

  • Part One

    • Searching and researching

    • Research data

    • Community

  • Part Two

    • Accuracy

    • Authority

    • Objectivity

    • Currency

    • Audience

3. Preparing a bibliography

  • Published sources

  • Unpublished sources

  • Recording the bibliography

  • The forms of bibliography cards for books

    • Examples

  • The publishing details

  • The forms of bibliography cards for articles and chapters

    • Example

  • Bibliography cards for other material

  • Bibliography cards for Internet material

    • Journal articles from the Internet

    • Example

    • Other Internet material

    • Example

  • Evaluating the bibliography

4. Taking notes

  • Note-cards

  • The system of note-taking

  • Photocopying or printing out material

5. Composing the paper

  • Making a skeleton outline

  • Writing the rough draft

  • Improving the rough draft

6. The final version

  • Format

  • The preliminary pages of front matter

  • Additional material

  • Documentation: footnotes

    • First reference footnotes

      • Reference to a book

      • Examples

      • Reference to an article

      • Reference to material from the Internet

    • Second and subsequent reference footnotes

  • Documentation: Bibliography

    • The form of the Bibliography

7. Specimen paper

  • Abstract: Nazi Propaganda

  • Nazi Propaganda

    • Introduction

    • Section I: The Propaganda of the Minority Party

    • Section II: The Propaganda of Government

    • Section III: Some Questions and Conclusions

  • Notes

  • Bibliography

8. Some errors to avoid

  • Purpose and conclusion

  • Documentation

  • Shape and flow

  • Presentation

9. Publication in a learned journal

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