英语论文——英语论文写作的方式方法

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e useful to your project, consult the latest edition of the American Library Association’s Guide to Reference Books or your instructor or a librarian. Dictionaries. Dictionaries are alphabetically arranged works that6 provide information, usually in concise form, about words or topics. Two of the most authoritative dictionaries of words are Webster’s Third New International Dictionary of the English Language and, especially for the history of a word’s meanings and usages, The Oxford English Dictionary. Major fields of study have specialized dictionaries, such as A Dictionary of Botany, Computer Dictionary, Black’s Law Dictionary, Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, A Dictionary of Philosophy, The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible, and A Dictionary of the Social Sciences. Encyclopedias. Encyclopedias are works, usually alphabetically arranged, that give introductory information about subjects. Popular general encyclopedias are Academic American Encyclopedia, The Encyclopedia Americana, and The New Encyclopedia Britannica. Specialized encyclopedias include Encyclopedia of World Art, Encyclopedia of Economics, The Film Encyclopedia, An Encyclopedia of World History, The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, Encyclopedia of Psychology, and McGrawHill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. Biographical sources. Information on living persons is collected in Current Biography, The International Who’s Who, and Who’s Who in America. Sources for persons no longer living are American National Biography (for the United States), Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Dictionary of National Biography (for Great Britain), and Webster’s New Biographical Dictionary. Yearbooks. Yearbooks present information about specific years in the past. Examples are The Americana Annual, Britannica Book of the Year, and The Europe Yearbook. Atlases. Atlases are collections of maps. The National Atlas of the United States of America is the official atlas of the United States。 The Times Atlas of the World covers regions and nations of the entire world. Gazetteers. Gazetteers provide geographic information. Examples are The Columbia Gazetteer of the World and Webster’s New Geographical Dictionary. Statistical data sources. Collections of statistics are often published by governmental agencies. Such works include the following annual publications: Statistical Abstract of the United States, issued by the United States Bureau of the Census, and Statistical Yearbook and Demographic Yearbook, both published by the United Nations. Inter Sources Even those who are familiar with the World Wide Web find that using it to do research requires practice and training the way using a library does. Therefore, whenever possible, follow the guidance of an instructor or a librarian in selecting Inter sites for research. Your library may provide access to important online sources that were likely selected after careful evaluation and consultation. Some of these sources may be available only through library subscription. A librarian might also be able to advise you about other useful sites. Similarly, many instructors are knowledgeable about Inter resources in their fields. An instructor might direct you t specific sites or to a “metapage” or “gateway” that provides links to other sites. Whenever you discover what seems a useful document or site, be sure to add it to your bookmark list. In so doing, you can easily return to the source for further information or clarification. If you cannot use a bookmarkperhaps because you share a puterkeep a precise record of the work address, or uniform resource locator (URL). In any event, you may want to keep a log of all sites you visit, whether or not you initially bookmark them, since a site you originally passed over may seem more useful later. In addition, always make note of the date or dates on which you consult a source. The date of access is important because the material could be revised between different visits to the site. The URL and the date of access are items of information you will need for your working bibliography and your list of works cited. Whereas most instructors permit and many encourage using Inter sources, few consider a search of the World Wide Web alone adequate research for a paper。 most require that other materials, including print publications, be sought. Similarly, discussion lists and online “chat rooms” are helpful for sharing ideas but, except for rare occasions, are not deemed acceptable resources for research papers. 3. Taking Notes. When you determine that material is reliable and useful, you will want to take notes on it. Although everyone agrees that notetaking is essential to research, probably no two researchers use exactly t。