內容提要
本教材是一本英語論文寫作的入門教科書，共10個單元，內容包括對論文的界定、選題方法、研究過程，書目卡和文摘卡的製作、列提綱的方法、論文的組織、文摘資料與行文的融合、論文中語法與文體的單元中的1篇，共11個樣本。全書10個單元內容的講解都緊密結合了這11個樣本。因此，本教程最大的特點是用論文樣本說話，手把手、一步一步教給學生查資料、做研究、寫論文的方法，把寫作理論與寫作實踐高度統一起來。
本教程適合高校英語專業和其他專業畢業論文寫作教學使用，兼顧文、理、工科各類專業的學生。
目錄
UnitUnderstandingtheResearchPaper
1.1DefinitionofaResearchPaper
1.2ComponentsofaGraduationResearchPaper
1.3TheImportanceofWritingaResearchPaper
1.4KindsofResearchPapers
1.5StepsInvolvedinWritingaResearchPaper
Unit2WaysinChoosingaTopic
2.1IdentifyingaGeneralSubjectArea
2.2DefiningtheTopic
2.2.1ImportanceandInterest
2.2.2Manageabi|ity
2.2.3AvailabilityofResources
2.3ResourcesGuidingYourChoiceofTopic
2.3.1PopularGeneralEncyclopedias
2.3.2SpecializedEncyclopedias
2.3.3BiographicalSources
2.3.4UnabridgedDictionaries
2.3.5Periodicals
2.3.6OtherSources
2.4MakingaHypothesisforYourTopic
Unit3ProcessofDoingtheResearch（Ⅰ）
3.1UsingtheLibraryandElectronicSources
3.2PreparingaWorkingBibliography
3.2.1FormatforaWorkingBibliography
3.2.2ElectronicWorkingBibliography
3.3ReadingReferenceMaterials
3.4EvaluatingSources
Unit4ProcessofDoingtheResearch（Ⅱ）
4.1FormatoftheNoteCards
4.2FormsofNoteCards
4.2.1TheQuotationNoteCard
4.2.2TheParaphraseNoteCard
4.2.3TheSummaryNoteCard
4.2.4TheCommentNoteCard
4.2.5NoteinChineseOrigin
4.3Note-TakingonaComputer
4.4AvoidingPlagiarism
Unit5OutliningtheResearchPaper
5.1TheThesisStatement
5.1.1FactorsinShapingaThesisStatement
5.1.2AcquiringtheThesisStatement
5.1.3FunctionsoftheThesisStatement
5.1.4PrinciplesforWordingtheThesisStatement
5.2ThePurposeStatement
5.3TheOutline
5.3.1OutlineFormats
5.3.2TypesofOutlines
Unit6OrganizationoftheResearchPaper
6.1TheStructureofaResearchPaper
6.2RhetoricalPrinciplesinParagraphsandinthePaperasaWhole--
6.2.1Unity
6.2.2Coherence
6.2.3Cohesion
6.2.4Emphasis
6.2.5 Completeness
Unit7Incorporatingthenotesintoflowofthepaper
Unit8Styleandgrammarinresearchpaper
Unit9Writingthedrafts-fromthefistdrafttothefinalManuscript
Unit10FrontMatterandBackmatter
AppendixASamplepapers
APPendixBASampleofprospectus
Index
