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