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This book attempts to answer the questions every student has about conducting <br />
college-level library research. For years, I have watched undergraduates <br />
approach each new research assignment—whether to write a short essay, review<br />
previous work in a field, support a debate position, or gather primary and <br />
secondary sources for a long term paper—as if they have never needed information <br />
before. Yet I know they have successfully discovered facts and ideas since <br />
childhood,so why is every project such a struggle? Technology alone is not to <br />
blame: students were puzzled and anxious about how to do library research long <br />
before Web searching became everyone’s first, and often only, method of <br />
information gathering.<br />
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Preface xi<br />
1 Introduction to Research as Inquiry 1<br />
2 From Research Assignment to Research Plan 14<br />
3 Strategy and Tools for Discovery 64<br />
4 The Fine Art of Finding Sources 90<br />
5 Insight, Evaluation, Argument, and Beyond 126<br />
Appendix A<br />
Good Habits, Helpful Hints, and Wrong Assumptions 145<br />
Appendix B<br />
Mary’s Maxims Compiled 147<br />
Appendix C<br />
Research Timelines 149<br />
Appendix D<br />
Questions to Ask Your Instructor 161<br />
Appendix E<br />
Research Appointment Worksheet 163<br />
Glossary of Library Research Terms 165<br />
Selected Bibliography 201<br />
Index <br />
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* ISBN: 0691138575<br />
* ISBN-13: 9780691138572<br />
* Format: Paperback, 216pp<br />
* Publisher: Princeton University Press<br />
* Pub. Date: September 04, 2008<br />
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