HandbookforCollegeResearch(17)第一页,共二十页。ResearchPaperWritingInBriefAppendixA第二页,共二十页。1.WhatisaResearchPaper?Aresearchpaper,sometimescalledatermpaperorlibrarypaper,reportsthewriter’sresearchfindings.Allinall,aneffectiveresearchpapershouldfulfillstheserequirements:第三页,共二十页。indicatescareful,comprehensivereadingandunderstandingofthetopicestablishes,initsintroduction,athesistobedevelopedinthecourseofthepaperisclearlyorganizedemploystheprinciplesofgoodcompositionincludesdirectquotations,paraphrases,orprécisthatsupportthethesis第四页,共二十页。includesdocumentationintheformofparentheticalnotes,endnotes,orfootnotesincludesalistofworkscitedexhibitscareful,thoroughdocumentationofsourcesofideasfollowsacarefullyprescribedformatisalwaystypedandprintedonaletter-qualityprinter.第五页,共二十页。2.TheprocessofwritingaResearchPaperSTEP1.CHOOSEATOPICSTEP2.FINDINFORMATIONSTEP3.MAKEATENTATIVEOUTLINE第六页,共二十页。STEP4.ORGANIZEYOURNOTESSTEP5.WRITEYOURFIRSTDRAFTSTEP6.REVISEYOUROUTLINEANDDRAFTSTEP7.TYPEFINALPAPER第七页,共二十页。3.GeneralformofaresearchpaperTomakeapaperreadableMistakestoavoidInallsectionsofyourpaper第八页,共二十页。4.PaperOrganization第九页,共二十页。4.1TitleThereisnodoubtthatthetitleisthepartofapaperreadthemost,anditisusuallyreadfirst.effectivetitlesshould——identifythemainissueofthepaper,——beginwiththesubjectofthepaper,——areaccurate,unambiguous,specific,andcomplete,——donotcontainabbreviations,——attractreaders.第十页,共二十页。4.2AbstractBasically,anabstractcomprisesaone-paragraphsummaryofthewholepaper.Anabstractisabbreviated,accuraterepresentationofthecontentsofadocument,preferablypreparedbyitsauthor(s)forpublicationwithit.第十一页,共二十页。4.3Introduction1.Establishaterritory2.Establishaniche3.Occupytheniche第十二页,共二十页。4.4BodyThebodyofapaperreportsontheactualresearchdonetoanswertheresearchquestionorproblemidentifiedintheintroduction.第十三页,共二十页。4.5Discussion/ConclusionThediscussionandconclusionsectionissomehowthecounterpartoftheintroduction,whenthinkingintermsofthehourglassmodel(aboveFigure),asthissectionleadsfromtheparticularresultstogeneralconclusions.Generally,thissectionincludes:第十四页,共二十页。——Presentationofbackgroundinformationaswellasrecapitulationoftheresearchaimsofthepresentstudy.——Briefsummaryoftheresults,whereasthefocusisondiscussingnotrecapitulatingtheresults.——Comparisonofresultswithpreviouslypublishedstudies.——Conclusionsorhypothesesdrawnfromtheresults,withsummaryofevidenceforeachconclusion.——Proposedfollow-upresearchquestions.第十五页,共二十页。4.6Referencesandappendixes1.Referencesconsulted2.Othersources3.Appendixes第十六页,共二十页。5.WritingforPublication(a)Treattheeditorandthestaffofthepublicationwiththeutmostrespect.(b)Neatnesscounts.(c)Alwaysincludeaself-addressed,stampedenvelopefornotification.(d)Alwayskeepacopyofwhateveritisyou’resubmitting.(e)Itisagoodideatoincludeacoverletterwithanysubmission.(f)Ifaneditororagentprovidessubmissionguideline,readthemcarefully,andfollowthemtotheletter.(g)Keepgoodrecords.(h)Don’tsubmittoapublicationwithoutreadingitfirst.第十七页,共二十页。Nowlet’sstudy“HowtogetpublishedinNature”takenfromhttp://www.nature.com/nature/authors/get_published/index.html.YouwillgetageneralideaofhowtogetyourpaperpublishedinEnglishjournalsaswellasNature.第十八页,共二十页。ThankYou!谢谢(xièxie)!第十九页,共二十页。内容(nèiróng)
HandbookforCollegeResearch(17)。——attractreaders.。(b)Neatnesscounts.。谢谢(xièxie)第二十页,共二十页。