Where research begins : choosing a research project that matters to you (and the world) / Thomas S. Mullaney and Christopher Rea

Author: Mullaney, Thomas S. (Thomas Shawn)
Published: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2022.
Physical Description: 210 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Additional Creators: Rea, Christopher G.

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Series

Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing

Contents

Introduction -- Become a self-centered researcher. Questions; What's your problem?; Designing a project that works -- Get over yourself. How to find your problem collective; How to navigate your field; How to begin; What's next in your research journey?

Summary

"This book leads you to your research project while keeping your own preferences, abilities, and values centered. The authors place a strong and welcome emphasis on finding a research project that is right for you and that matters to you. The book includes student-tested exercises and many excellent examples of how-to-do-it and how-not-to. Each chapter includes "Try This Now" exercises and games designed to help you achieve a specific set of goals: generating questions, refining questions, discovering the patterns that connect the questions together, and the problem that motivates you--and other researchers. "Commonly Made Mistakes" are highlighted, as is advice for when and how to approach a "Sounding Board" (a teacher, mentor, or other advisor). At the close of each chapter, the key tools and exercises are revisited, providing a clear sense of the benchmarks you've reached."--

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ISBN

9780226801117 (cloth)
022680111X
9780226817446 (paperback)
022681744X

Note

Includes index.

Endowment Note

Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)

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