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The Research Project: How to Write It
Designed for students at school, college or university, this indispensable guide to project work has now been fully up-dated and revised.
In The Research Paper and How to Write It , Ralph Berry sets out in clear and concise terms the main tasks involved, in the order in which a student will encounter
* choosing a topic
* using the library
* taking notes
* shaping and composing the project
* writing cross-references and bibliography.
Starting from first principles, the author shows students how to get the most out of their library and guides them through the numerous cataloguing systems, including on-line databases, which they are likely to encounter. For handy reference, the book includes an example of a well-researched and well-written paper, with full bibliography and notes. Throughout, common errors and how to avoid them are discussed in detail.
An essential introduction for students just starting project work and an invaluable reference for the more experienced.
In The Research Paper and How to Write It , Ralph Berry sets out in clear and concise terms the main tasks involved, in the order in which a student will encounter
* choosing a topic
* using the library
* taking notes
* shaping and composing the project
* writing cross-references and bibliography.
Starting from first principles, the author shows students how to get the most out of their library and guides them through the numerous cataloguing systems, including on-line databases, which they are likely to encounter. For handy reference, the book includes an example of a well-researched and well-written paper, with full bibliography and notes. Throughout, common errors and how to avoid them are discussed in detail.
An essential introduction for students just starting project work and an invaluable reference for the more experienced.
128 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1994
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January 20, 2018
As I'm working on a research project, I wanted a basic book on research to start with to let me know where to, well, start. And this is, I'm sure, as good a one as any. It's also rather useful if you're planning on using any research that's over a decade old, as it gives you a nice idea of the framework in which that was written - before, indeed, Google was quite as omnipresent and decisive as it is now. It's a nice reminder that search engines have become increasingly prescriptive, whereas once the algorithm was much more basic.
It's got some useful basics on what to expect from a library, and how to set about recording the research in it (a nice reminder on the existence of library cards, which I will, indeed, put into practice) but by and large, it is a starting point of a book from a different time, and no more - but also no less - than that. If you need a gentle nudge into academic study, you could do a great deal worse than this, and if you've never undertaken such a thing before, again, this is as handy as, I think, anything else.
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