Chapter 11
Conducting Research for an Academic Paper
Article outline
- A.Examining the research paper
- 1.The literature review
- Practice: Reading to write 1: A review of the literature
- Practice: Reading to write 2: A review of the literature
- 2.Understanding the assignment
- 3.Examining the new working thesis
- 4.Developing a new working thesis
- 5.Formatting the research paper
- B.Examining published sources: A review of the literature
- 1.Disciplinary literacy – academic genres
- 2.Strategies for finding sources
- 3.Identifying sources
- 4.Strategies for choosing reliable and relevant secondary
sources
- a.Quantity and diversity of scholarly sources
- b.Date of publication
- c.Quality and reliability
- 5.Evaluating sources
- C.Reading and documenting selected sources
- 1.Strategies for reading secondary sources
- a.Strategies for reading a scholarly book
- b.Strategies for reading an article
- c.Strategies for reading selected sources
- 2.Evaluating the relevance of selected
sources
- Evaluating the relevance of selected
sources
- 3.Documenting selected sources
- a.Documenting sources during the literature review
- b.Using APA for in-text citations and the list of
references
- Practice: Documenting selected sources using the APA format
- D.Taking notes while reading
- 1.Annotation
- a.Examining annotation
- b.An annotated reference
- Practice: Writing an annotation
- 2.Quoting, paraphrasing and summarizing
- a.Strategies for quoting secondary sources
- b.Strategies for paraphrasing secondary sources
- c.Strategies for summarizing secondary sources
- Practice: Writing quotations
- Practice: Writing paraphrase
- Practice: Writing summaries
- E.Organizing sources for inclusion in the paper
- 1.Strategies for organizing sources according to themes
- a.Examining ideas that support John’s thesis
- b.T chart
- 2.Organizing new information for inclusion in the research paper
- 3.Reevaluating the strength and relevance of the new
information
- Triangulation
- Data triangulation framework for a paragraph based on
one idea
- F.Expanding language