Computer-Aided Research and Bibliography

Computer-Aided Research and Bibliography

Instructor: Doris (Yu-Chih) Shih e-mail: dshih@mails.fju.edu.tw

Office: SF 228 Phone: (O) 2905-2000ext. 3821

Fall 2008, Wednesdays 3:40pm-5:30pm (c) 0922-338-661 Credits: 2 credits

The contents of this syllabus are subject to change

This course is designed to help students write research papers (in English) with the assistance of computer technology. Our focus will be on the research-writing methods and skills. However, activities dealing with the electronic information sources (e.g. on-line search, CD-ROM search, Chinese and English databases, webliography) and computer-generated papers (e.g. database management of notes, word processing) will also be given. MLA, APA formats, and possibly CMS system will be reviewed briefly.

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Required textbook:

Lester, L. D., & J. D. Lester, Jr. (2005). Writing Research Papers: A Complete Guide, 11

ed. New York: Pearson.

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References

Gibaldi, J. (2003). MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6

ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America.

Rodrigues, Dawn and Raymond J. Rodrigues (2002). The Research Paper: A Guide to Library and Internet Research, 3

ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Grading:

1. Participation….………. 10%

2. Attendance (please see below)

3. Research worksheets & activities………….………. 50%

4. Chapter presentation (group)……….……… 15%

5. Final paper & presentation……… 25%

Schedule

To be announced soon.