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Methodology of Research Writing
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3rd Semester
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Introduction to the Course: Doing Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Main characteristics of the two fields; differences and similarities; students' general tasks.
download « Doing Research in the Social Sciences.pdf »
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Plagiarism: What is? Definition; types; sanctions.
Why avoiding Plagiarism? The Importance of Scientific/ Academic Research; producing and sharing knowledge.
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Borrowing Material: Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing Download (click here)
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How to Format and/ or Alter Quotations Download (click here)
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Citing Sources: The MLA Style: In-text citations Download "click here"
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December 01 and 05, 2013
Citing Sources: The MLA Style: The "Works Cited" Page Download "Works Cited" (click here)
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Citing Sources: The APA Style
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4th Semester: Some material
Locating the material in a source/ Examples of Index pages: example 1 example 2 example 3
Methodology terms to be understood and learnt: Download « methodology glossary.pdf »
Evaluating Sources/ Types of Periodicals: Download « types of periodicals.pdf »
Evaluating Sources : Download « Evaluating Sources.pdf »
Using Note Cards: Layout: Download « Layout of Note Cards.pdf »
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Par salimk le 9 Février 2013 à 21:32
1. Identifying and Developing a Research Topic
- Requisites : Knowledgeability – Interest – Stamina
2. Identifying and Locating Potential Sources
- The citation trail; contents; indexes; abstracts; works cited
3. Evaluating Sources
- External Evaluation
- Internal Evaluation
- Reliability and Relevance of Sources: the example of articles and periodicals
4. Borrowing Material: Using Note Cards
- Benefits of Note Cards
- Types of Note Cards
- Layout of Note Cards
- Using Note Cards
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Par salimk le 12 Décembre 2011 à 11:01
3rd semester syllabus:
1. Introduction: Doing Research in the Field of Humanities and Social Sciences
a) The Humanities
b) The Social Sciences
2. Plagiarism
a) What is? Definition, Types, Sanctions.
b) Avoiding Plagiarism: Why? Understanding the nature of academic research, the process of sharing ideas, knowledge.
c) Avoiding Plagiarism: How? Acknowledging Borrowed Material.
3. Acknowledging Borrowed Material
a) Types of Material
b) Borrowing Material: Quoting, Paraphrasing, Summarizing
c) Citing Sources
4. Citing Sources in Academic Writing
a) Different Styles: MLA, APA, ...
b) The MLA Style: In-text citations (cases and examples)
c) The MLA Style: the Works Cited page(s)(cases and examples)
d) The APA Style: Cases and Examples
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