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Tables of Contents for Using the Internet, Online Services, and Cd-Roms for Writing Research and Team Papers
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
vii
 
Getting Ready to Write and Conducting Primary Research
1
10
Prewriting
2
2
Conducting the Research
4
7
Secondary Research Using Print Sources
11
10
Finding Background Information in Reference Works
11
3
Searching for Books
14
2
Searching for Periodical and Newspaper Articles
16
2
Gathering Your Sources
18
3
Secondary Research Using Electronic Research Tools
21
12
Deciding Which Electronic Reference Tool to Use
21
2
Using Electronic Encyclopedias
23
1
Using Electronic Resources to Find Journal Articles
23
3
How to Begin a Computerized Database Search
26
7
Secondary Research Using Online Services
33
14
Prodigy Internet
34
3
America Online
37
5
CompuServe
42
3
Online Databases
45
2
Secondary Research Using the Internet
47
32
Getting Access to the Internet
48
1
Types of Internet Service
48
1
Before You Sign Up with an ISP
49
1
What Can You Do on the Internet?
49
3
What Is the World Wide Web?
52
3
A Few Acronyms and Other Terms
55
1
What Do You need to Access the World Wide Web?
56
2
Connecting to a Site
58
2
Using a Hypertext Link
60
1
Printing a Page
60
2
Saving Images
62
1
Cut and Paste
63
3
Bookmarks and Favorites: How to Remember Where You Have Been
66
2
What Can Go Wrong?
68
1
Looking for Information on the World Wide Web
68
3
The Parts of an Internet Address
71
4
Kristen and Zak Search the Web
75
2
What's Next?
77
1
For Further Reading
78
1
Evaluating Information Sources, Writing, and Revising
79
16
Examining the Sources
79
1
Evaluating Internet Sources
79
2
Taking Notes
81
2
Choosing a Preliminary Thesis and Outline
83
2
Writing the First Draft
85
1
Working with Sources
86
7
Revising
93
2
Proofreading and Preparing the Final Copy
95
16
Proofreading
95
1
Producing the Final Copy
96
1
Sample Essays
97
1
Appendix
98
13
Citing Print and Electronic Resources
111
10
Why Do I Need Citations?
111
1
What Is a Citation?
111
1
What Is a Style Guide?
112
1
Basic Citation Formats
112
1
Reference Lists
113
1
Sample Citations
114
2
Citing Electronic Resources
116
3
Sample Reference Lists
119
1
The End (Really)
120
1
Reference List
120
1
About the Authors and the Editor
121
2
Index
123