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PART Ⅰ INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH PAPER WRITING 2

1.1 A Research Paper 2

1.2 Information Conventions 3

1.3 Ways of Preparing Research Papers 4

1.4 Detail Sections of a Research Paper or a Thesis 5

PART Ⅱ BEFORE WRITING 8

Unit 1 Choosing a Topic 8

1.1 Discovering Your Purpose 8

1.2 Generating Ideas and Discovering a General Subject 11

1.3 Narrowing the General Subject to a Specific Topic 12

Unit 2 Data Collection 17

2.1 Exploring Data 17

2.2 Central Information Systems in an Academic Library 18

2.3 Types of Reference Works 18

PART Ⅲ WRITING UP RESEARCH PAPERS 24

Unit 1 Title and Keywords 24

1.1 Title 24

1.2 Keywords 31

Exercises 33

Unit 2 Abstract 35

2.1 Definition of Abstract 35

2.2 General Functions of Abstract 36

2.3 Linguistic Features of Abstract 37

2.4 Formalized Structure 48

2.5 Writing Requirements for Abstract 51

Exercises 53

Unit 3 Introduction 56

3.1 General Functions of Introduction 56

3.2 Structural Features of Introduction and Some Idiomatic Expressions 58

Exercises 60

Unit 4 Literature Review 62

4.1 Major Components 62

4.2 Actual Writing 65

Special Attention：Sentence Structures in Thesis 70

Exercises 71

Unit 5 Textual Development 74

5.1 Description 74

5.2 Logical Development 77

5.3 Reasoning(Persuasion) 78

Exercises 80

Unit 6 Conclusion 82

6.1 General Functions and Main Elements of Conclusion 82

6.2 Requirements for Writing Conclusion 83

Special Attention：Conciseness 85

Exercises 91

Unit 7 References 95

7.1 General Functions 95

7.2 Linguistic Features 95

7.3 Writing Requirements 96

Exercises 96

Unit 8 Acknowledgments 98

8.1 General Functions 98

8.2 Linguistic Features 98

8.3 Writing Requirements 99

Exercises 100

Special Attention：Concreteness 102

Exercises 104

Appendix Ⅰ Academic Information Sources 105

Appendix Ⅱ Linguistic Terms 108

Appendix Ⅲ Scientific Terms 124