RESEARCH&WRITINGSKILLSSUCCESSIN20MINUTESADAYNEWYORKRESEARCH&WRITINGSKILLSSUCCESSIN20MINUTESADAYRachaelStarkCopyright©2003LearningExpress,LLC.AllrightsreservedunderInternationalandPan-AmericanCopyrightConventions.PublishedintheUnitedStatesbyLearningExpress,LLC,NewYork.LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData:Stark,Rachael.Researchandwritingskills:successin20minutesaday/RachaelStark.—1sted.p.cm.ISBN1-57685-442-6(pbk.)1.Reportwriting—Handbooks,manuals,etc.2.Research—Handbooks,manuals,etc.I.Title.LB1047.3.S732002808'.02—dc212002013959PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica987654321FirstEditionISBN1-57685-442-6Formoreinformationortoplaceanorder,contactLearningExpressat:900BroadwaySuite604NewYork,NY10003Orvisitusat:www.learnatest.comAbouttheAuthorRachaelStarkhasherM.F.A.fromColumbiaUniversityandhasbeenteachingEnglishandCreativeWritingforthelastfifteenyears.Currently,sheteachesEnglishatPolytechnicUniversityandiscom-pletingherfirstnovel.INTRODUCTIONHowtoUseThisBookixPRETEST1LESSON1GettingStarted15LESSON2FindingaTopic19LESSON3GettingEssentialInformationfromPrintSources23LESSON4GettingEssentialInformationfromOnlineSources27LESSON5SelectingtheBestSources31LESSON6InterviewingPrimarySources35LESSON7Notetaking39LESSON8BeginninganOutline45LESSON9FinalizinganOutline49LESSON10HowtoWriteaThesis53LESSON11WritingaFirstDraft57LESSON12EstablishingTonewithWordChoice61LESSON13UsingPointofView65LESSON14EmotionalVersusLogicalAppeals69LESSON15DistinguishingFactfromOpinion73ContentsviiLESSON16RevisingYourDraft77LESSON17ProofreadingandEditingYourDraft81LESSON18AddingFootnotes,Endnotes,andParentheticalCitations85LESSON19WritingaBibliography95LESSON20WritinganAnnotatedBibliography,aHistoriography,andanAbstract99POST-TEST105APPENDIXAAListofResearchTopics119APPENDIXBAdditionalResources123viiiThisbookisdesignedtohelpyouimproveyourresearchskillsinjust20shortlessonsof20minutesadaybyusingbasicresearchandwritingtoolsthatyoucanpracticeathome.Eachlessoniscarefullydesignedtomakeresearchinganytopica...
