学术论文写作手册（第7版）

1　Basic Information about the Research Paper

　1a　Fear of the research paper

　1b　Definition of the research paper

　1c　Format of the research paper

　1d　Reasons for the research paper

　1e　The report paper and the thesis paper

　1f　Drafts of the research paper

　1g　Writing the research paper: Steps and schedule

2　Choosing a Topic

　2a　How to choose a topic

　2b　Topics to avoid

　　2b-1　Topics that are too big

　　2b-2　Topics based on a single source

　　2b-3 Topics that are too technical

　　2b-4 Topics that are trivial

　　2b-5 Topics that are overused

　　2b-6 Topics that are contemporary

　2c　Narrowing the topic

3　The Library

　3a　Layout of the library

　　3a-1　The computer

　　3a-2　Online full-text databases

　　3a-3　Microform indexes

　　3a-4 Stacks

　　3a-5 Reference room or shelf

　　3a-6 Main desk

　　3a-7 Reserve desk

　　3a-8 Audiovisual room

　　3a-9 Microform room

　　3a-10 Newspaper racks

　　3a-ll Computer room

　　3a-12 Carrels

3b Organization of the library collections

　　3b-1 The Dewey Decimal System

　　3b-2 The Cutter-Sanborn Author Marks

　　3b-3 The Library of Congress Classification System

　　3b-4 Classification of periodicals

　　3b-5 Classification of nonbooks

4　The Thesis and the Outline

　4a The thesis: Definition and function

　　4a-1　Formulating the thesis

　　4a-2 Rules for wording the thesis

　　4a-3 Placing the thesis

　　4a-4 Choosing a title

　4b The outline

　　4b-1　Visual conventions of the outline

　　4b-2 Equal ranking in outline entries

　　4b-3 Parallelism in outline entries

　　4b-4 Types of outlines

　　　a. The topic outline

　　　b. The sentence outline

　　　c. The paragraph outline

　　　d. Decimal outline notation

　4C　Choosing an outline form

5 Using the Computer in Your Research

6 Doing the Research

7 Transforming the Notes into a Rough Draft

8 Revising Your Rough Draft

9 The MLA System of Dovumentation

10 The APA System of Dovumentaion

11 The Traditional Sstem of Dovumentation

12 Sample Student Papers

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