Chapter Ⅰ Introduction 1.1 Definition of a Research Paper 1.2 Format of a Research Paper 1.2.1 An Overview of Format 1.2.2 Beginning Part 1.2.3 Body Part 1.2.4 Ending Part Chapter Ⅱ Thesis and Outline 2.1 Thesis 2.1.1 Definition and Function 2.1.2 Formulation of a Thesis 2.1.3 Rules for Wording a Thesis 2.1.4 Place of a Thesis Statement 2.7.5 Title of a Research Paper 2.2 Outline 2.2.1 Visual Conventions of an Outline 2.2.2 Types of Outline 2.2.3 Two Types of Outline Writing Tips Chapter Ⅲ Research 3.1 Definition of Research and Types of Research 3.2 Research Methodology 3.3 Problem Analysis 3.3.1 What Sort of Problems Can We Research 3.3.2 What Makes a Good Project 3.4 Project Design 3.4.1 Making a Plan 3.4.2 Restricting the Topic and Setting the Hypothesis 3.5 Assembly of a Working Bibliography 3.5.1 Introduction 3.5.2 Exploration of Resource 3.5.3 Doing Background Reading 3.5.4 Evaluating Sources 3.5.5 Catching up with Available Software Packages and Current Issues 3.6 Note-taking 3.6.1 Objectives of Note-taking 3.6.2 Some Main Principles for Note-taking 3.6.3 Locating and Selecting Sources 3.6.4 Retrieving and Sorting Sources 3.7 Constructing Research Report Chapter Ⅳ Quotation 4.1 Formation of a Quotation 4.2 Direct Quotations 4.2.1 When to Use Direct Quotations 4.2.2 How to Use Direct Quotations 4.3 Indirect Quotations 4.4 Double Quotations 4.5 Interpolations in Quoted Materials 4.6 Ellipsis 4.7 How to Place and Punctuate Page Reference Parentheses 4.7.1 Short Quotations 4.7.2 Long Quotations 4.7.3 Quotations Ending in an Ellipsis 4.7.4 Translations of Quotations Chapter Ⅴ Punctuation 5.1 Period and Comma 5.1.1 Period 5.1.2 Comma 5.2 Semicolon 5.3 Colon 5.4 Dash and Parenthesis 5.4.1 Dash 5.4.2 Parenthesis 5.5 Hyphen 5.6 Apostrophe 5.6.1 Apostrophe in Contractions 5.6.2 Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 5.7 Quotation Marks 5.8 Square Brackets 5.9 Slash 5.10 Question Mark and Exclamation Mark 5.10.1 Question Mark 5.10.2 Exclamation Mark Chapter Ⅵ Documentation 6.1 What to Be Documented 6.2 MLA Style and APA Style 6.2.1 MLA Style 6.2.2 APA Style 6.3 In-Text Parentheses 6.3.1 Books 6.3.2 Other Nonperiodical Publications 6.4 List of Works Cited in MLA Style and Reference List in APA Style 6.4.1 List of Works Cited in MLA Style 6.4.2 Reference List in APA Style 6.5 Citing Books and Other Non-periodical Publications 6.5.1 Books 6.5.2 Other Non-periodical Publications 6.6 Citing Articles and Other Publications in Periodicals 6.6.1 The Basic Entry 6.6.2 Articles in Periodicals 6.6.3 Other Publications in Periodicals 6.7 Citing Miscellaneous Printed and Non-printed Sources 6.7.1 A Television or Radio Program 6.7.2 A Sound Recording 6.7.3 A Film 6.8 Citing Electronic Publications 6.8.1 Introduction 6.8.2 An Online Scholarly Project, Information Database, or Professional or Personal Site 6.8.3 An Online Book 6.8.4 An Article in an Online Periodical 6.8.5 A Publication on CD-Rom, Diskette, or Magnetic Tape 6.8.6 A Computer Software Chapter Ⅶ Sample Paper 7.1 General Document Guidelines 7.2 Headings 7.3 Abstract 7.4 Keywords 7.5 Model Papers 7.5.1 Model Paper 1 (APA Format) 7.5.2 Model Paper 2 (MLA Format) Reference Websites for reference
