Curious Researcher, The: A Guide to Writing Research Papers, 9th edition

• Introduction: Thinking about–and Rethinking–the Research Paper

1. The First Week
   • The Importance of Getting Curious
   • Developing a Working Knowledge
   • Narrowing the Subject
   • Reading for Research
2. The Second Week
   • What Are Your Research Routines?
   • Planning for the Dive
   • Developing Focused Knowledge
   • Keeping Track of What You Find: Building a Bibliography
   • Searching Library Databases for Books and Articles
   • Advanced Internet Research Using Google Scholar
   • Living Sources: Interviews and Surveys
   • Fieldwork: Research on What You See and Hear
3. The Third Week
   • Writing in the Middle: Conversing with Sources
   • Notetaking as a Scene of Writing
   • What I Hear You Saying
   • Your Voice and Theirs: Using Sources Responsibly
   • A Taxonomy of Copying
   • Plagiarism Q & A
   • Why Plagiarism Matters
   • The Notetaker’s Triad: Quotation, Paraphrase, and Summary
   • Notetaking Methods
   • When You’re Coming up Short: More Advanced Searching Techniques
4. The Fourth Week
   • Getting to the Draft
   • Organizing the Draft
   • Preparing to Write the Draft
   • Starting to Write the Draft: Beginning at the Beginning
   • Writing for Reader Interest
   • Writing with Sources
   • Driving through the First Draft
5. The Fifth Week
   • Seeing the “Triangleness” of the Draft
   • Reresearching
   • Local Revision: Revising for Language
   • Preparing the Final Manuscript
   • Looking Back and Moving On

Appendix A: Guide to the New MLA Style

Appendix B: Guide to APA Style