本书由三章构成,第一章简要介绍学术究论文的基本特征、研究类型及学术论文的类型;第二章详尽介绍学术论文写作过程和论文的主要要素,有效融人包括英美文学、英语语言学等在内的多个英语类研究方向所涉及的相关理论、知识及研究话题,提供一些学术论文题目供学习者参阅;第三章介绍三种国际通用的论文格式在文献著录方面的规范。
1 Basic InformatioAbout Research Paper Writing
1.1 Characteristics of a Research Paper
1.2 Types of Research
1.3 Types of Research Papers
1.3.1 Papers Based oEmpirical Data
1.3.2 Papers Based oCritical Analysis
1.3.3 Papers Based oHistorical Research
2 Stages of Writing a Research Paper
2.1 Pre-writing
2.1.1 Selecting and Narrowing a Topic
2.1.1.1 Studies of British and AmericaLiterature
2.1.1.2 Studies of English Linguistics
2.1.1.3 Studies of Language and Culture
2.1.1.4 Studies of English Teaching
2.1.1.5 Studies of Translation
2.1.2 Conducting Research
2.1.2.1 Conducting Primary Research
2.1.2.2 Conducting Secondary Research
2.1.3 Creating a Working Bibliography
2.1.3.1 Books
2.1.3.2 Periodical Articles
2.1.3.3 Electronic Sources
2.1.3.4 Interviews
2.1.4 Evaluating the Sources
2.1.4.1 Evaluating Print Sources
2.1.4.2 Evaluating Internet Sources
2.1.5 Creating aAnnotated Bibliography
2.1.6 Taking Notes
2.1.6.1 Note-taking Methods
2.1.6.2 Types of Notes
2.1.6.3 Differences BetweeParaphrase and Summary
2.1.7 Constructing a Preliminary Outline
2.1.8 Writing a Thesis Proposal
2.1.9 Avoiding Plagiarism
2.1.9.1 Types of Plagiarism
2.1.9.2 Ways to Avoid Plagiarism
2.2 While-writing
2.2.1 Introduction
2.2.2 Conclusion
2.2.3 Literature Review
2.2.4 Abstract
2.2.5 Things to KeepiMind
2.2.5.1 Preparing to Write the Rough Draft
2.2.5.2 .Incorporating the Source Material
2.2.5.3 Using the Proper Tense
2.2.5.4 Presenting InformatioVisually
2.3 Post-writing
2.3.1 Revising
2.3.1.1 Revising for Content and Organization
2.3.1.2 Revising for Style
2.3.1.3 Revising for Effectiveness
2.3.1.4 Revising for a Consistent DocumentatioStyle
2.3.1.5 Proofreading
2.3.2 Dealing with the Final Draft
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3 DocumentatioStyles
Commonly Used Abbreviations
Publishers' Names
Two-Letter Abbreviations for US States
Bibliography