research

This book breaks the process of writing a research paper into seven keys: find a topic, look it up, take notes, outline your paper, create your first draft, revise and edit your draft, and present your paper.

Discusses the tools needed to access Internet resources, including Gopher, FTP, browsers for accessing World-Wide Web pages, and WAIS, and includes listings of hundreds of Internet sites that may be used to conduct research in a wide variety of disciplines.

Marc Abrahams, the founder of the famous Ig Nobel Prize, offers an addictive, wryly funny expose of the oddest, most imaginative, and just plain improbable research from around the world. He looks into why books on ethics are more likely to get stolen and how promoting people randomly improves their work, to what time of month generates higher tips for Vegas lap dancers and how mice were outfitted with parachutes to find a better way to murder tree snakes in Guam. Abrahams' tour through these unlikeliest investigations of animals, plants, and minerals, including humans, will first make you laugh, then make you think about the globe in a new way.

Provides teachers with a comprehensive, sequential program for teaching their students how to use the library research process to write a research paper.

Discusses ethical problems surrounding vivisection, genetic engineering, and other fields of scientific research.

Explains the steps used in writing a report, including choosing an appropriate topic, doing research, making an outline, and writing the final draft.

Contains descriptions of careers for people who love books, looking at jobs that involve reading, research, and other work with printed words, and including information on salaries, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement.

Looks at what plagiarism is, what its consequences are, and how to avoid it. Covers how to organize time and research notes; quote, paraphrase and summarize information; and properly document and cite sources.