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1、PartEightTheResearchPaperWhatisaResearchPaper?alibrarypaperoratermpaperorathesisusuallyaformal,fairlylongandwell-documentedcompositionthatexplores,discusses,oranalyzesacertainfactualortheoreticalissuecharacterizedbylucidandcoherentexposition.Ⅰ.Process(1)choosingatopic;(2)collectinginformation;(3
2、)analyzingtheinformation,organizingideas,andworkingoutanoutline;(4)writingthefirstdraft;(5)revisingthedraftandfinalizingit.1.ChoosingaTopic(1)SelectingageneraltopicItshouldbeatopicthatyouareinterestedinandknowsomethingabout.Itshouldbeoneaboutwhichyoualreadyhavesomeideas,andtheseideasareworthdeve
3、lopingintoaformalpaper.(2)Readingandthinkingreadasmanybooksaspossibletoseeifyoucanfindsomeinformationyouneed.Askyourselfwhetherthetopicinyourmindhasalreadybeenexploredanddiscussedquitethoroughly,andwhetheryoucandevelopthetopicfurtherbyofferingsomethingnew,different,ororiginal.Iftheanswersareposi
4、tive,youcanproceedtothenextstep;otherwise,dropthetopic.(3)Narrowingdownthescopeofyourtopictoafacetorfacetswhichcanbedevelopedintoaresearchpaper.(4)Formulatingthefinaltopicasetofcriteriaforyourfinaltopic1)meaningfulandserious.2)withintherangeofyourabilities.3)sufficientmaterialsareavailable.4)can
5、betreatedobjectively.5)nottootopicaltodrawconclusionson.limititsscopeandfindanappropriatefocusforyourdiscussion.Donotbetooeagertosettleonanysingletopicimmediately.2.CollectingInformation(1)UsingthelibraryThesubjectcardsinmanylibrariesofourcountryaredividedintosometwentymajorcategoriessuchasPhilo
6、sophy,SocialSciencesandPolitics,Economy,Art,Literature,Language,History,Geography,etc.,andeachcategoryisrepresentedbyanalphabetletter.Anup-to-dateencyclopediamayalsogiveyousomehelp.Copyallthetitles,preferablyoncards.Whiledoingthis,youareinfactcompilingapreliminarybibliography,whichwillbeexpanded
7、bynewtitlesdrawnfromthebibliographiesinthebooksyouaregoingtoread.(2)Readinglearntoreadbooksquicklyandcritically.consideritsreliability.(3)TakingnotesRules:1)takeyournotesoncards,oronseparatepiecesofpaper.2)placeonlyonenoteon
