PART I INTRODUCTION TO
RESEARCH PAPER WRITING
1.1 AResearchPaper
1.2 Information Conventions
1.3 Ways of Preparing Research Papers
1.4 Detail Sections of a Research Paper or a Thesis
PART II BEFORE WRITING
Unit 1 Choosing a Topic
1.1 Discovering Your Purpose
1.2 Generating Ideas and Discovering a General Subject
1.3 Narrowing the General Subject to a Specific Topic
Unit2 Data Collection
2.1 Exploring Data
2.2 Central Information Systems in an Academic Library
2.3 Types of Reference Works
PART III WRITING UP RESEARCH PAPERS
Unit 1 Title andKeywords
1.1 Title
1.2 Keywords
Exercises
Unit2 Abstract
2.1 Definition of Abstract
2.2 General Functions of Abstract
2.3 Linguistic Features of Abstract
2.4 Formalized Structure
2.5 Writing Requirements for Abstract
Exercises
Unit3 Introduction
3.1 General Functions of Introduction
3.2 Structural Features of Introduction and Some Idiomatic Expressions
Exercises
Unit 4 Literature Review
4.1 Major Components
4.2 Actual Writing
Special Attention: Sentence Struetures in Thesis
Exercises
Unit 5 Textual Development
5.1 Description
5.2 Logical Development
5.3 Reasoning(Persuasion)
Exercises
Unit6 Conclusion
6.1 General Functions and Main Elements of Conclusion
6.2 Requirements for Writing Conclusion
SpecialAttention: Conciseness
Exercises
Unit7 References
7.1 General Functions
7.2 Linguistic Features
7.3 Writing Requirements
Exercises
Unit 8 Acknowledgments
8.1 General Functions
8.2 Linguistic Features
8.3 Writing Requirements
Exercises
Special Attention: Concreteness
Exercises
Appendix I Academic Information Sources
Appendix II Linguistic Terms
Appendix Ill Scientific Terms