Social Sciences Research (eBook)

Research, Writing, and Presentation Strategies for Students

Gail M. Staines (Autor)

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2019 | 3., Third Edition
112 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-5381-2242-6 (ISBN)

Infos

This is a concise how-to guide to social sciences research for undergraduate and graduate students. Technologies including citation managers, presentation technologies, e-resources, and Google Scholar are weaved throughout this handy guide.

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This is a complete revision with new material of the second edition of Social Sciences Research: Research, Writing, and Presentation Strategies for Students (Scarecrow Press, 2008). There have been significant changes in the research process in the social sciences since the second edition of this text was published in 2008 a decade ago. The plethora of new information technologies (e.g., smart phones, tablets, apps, etc.); the information overload not only on the Internet where anyone can publish, but also with the explosion of social media (e.g., Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc.); as well as the far reaching changes in databases and other sources of electronic information that is available.Complementing the manual are appendixes consisting of a list of possible research questions, an example paper, a complete set of worksheets, and blank citation forms to be used to record references, which provide further practice for students. In this third edition, the author has included more instruction on searches using electronic sources as well as new formatting guidelines that have been promulgated in the past several years. The ideal resource for college students, this manual addresses the finer points of research and writing that are not given enough instruction in the classroom.

Autor

Gail Staines is University Librarian at the University of Central Missouri where she oversees the James C. Kirkpatrick Library and the Center for Teaching and Learning. She has held leadership positions at public and private universities as well as nonprofit organizations including serving as an executive director, board member, board vice president and president. Her areas of research include information literacy, leadership, and library as place in academic environments. A successful grant writer for more than twenty years, Gail holds an MLS from the University at Buffalo as well as a Ph.D. in higher education administration, also from the University at Buffalo.

Inhalt

IntroductionChapter 1: Choosing an Appropriate Research QuestionChapter 2: Designing a Search for Scholarly LiteratureChapter 3: Conducting a Search for Scholarly Literature Chapter 4: Evaluating the Information You FindChapter 5: Outlining the Research PaperChapter 6: Taking Notes While ReadingChapter 7: The APA Format: Writing and the Use of an Appropriate FormatChapter 8: The Writing Process Itself: You Can’t Edit a Blank PageChapter 9: Presenting Your ResearchChapter 10: Some Final Thoughts AppendicesA Research Questions Posed by Other StudentsB Example PaperC Worksheets1 Selecting a Topic2 Narrowing and Focusing Your Topic3 Scholarly vs. Popular Literature4 Best Places for Information5 Your Research Strategy6 Locating Books7 Chapters in Books8 Locating Scholarly Articles9 Evaluating Information10 Outlining the Research Paper11 Presentation

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.3.2019
• Zusatzinfo: 3 Illustrations including: - 3 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
• Schlagworte: library research • literature review • Research papers • Scholarly Literature • Social Research • social sciences research • Student Resources • term papers
• ISBN-10: 1-5381-2242-1 / 1538122421
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5381-2242-6 / 9781538122426