RESEARCH I

Special Program in the Arts

PART 1 LIBRARY SKILLS

PART III WRITING AN OUTLINE
1. Acquaintance with the Library
1. Outlining and Organizing
The Dewey Decimal System
List While You Can
The Card Catalog
Streamlining
Cross-references
Survival of the Fittest
Important Words Only
2. The Dictionary
Division of Letters
2. Working from an Outline
Guide Words
Making a Paragraph
Exploring the Dictionary
Setting Things Right
Distinguishing among Dictionaries
Orderly Arrangement of an Outline

3. References
Parts of a Book
How to Read an Index
The Encyclopedia
The News Paper
Other Sources for References

PART II READING FOR INFORMATION

1. Reading Non-Verbal Materials
Taxonomy of Graphs
Picture and Graph Study Skills
Tables
Circle Graph
Line Graph
Bar Graph

2. Taking Good Notes

Note Taking
Different Approaches to Taking
Notes
Semantic Mapping
Class Example Map
Semantic Feature Analysis
Structured Overview
Venn Diagram
 RESEARCH II
Special Program in the Arts

Part I THE NATURE OF RESEARCH

 Meaning of Research
 What is Research
 Purpose of Research
 Classification of Research According to Methods
 Methods of Research
 Classification of Types of Educational Research
 The Different Experimental Design

Part II THE NATURE OF RESEARCH

 Steps in the Research Process
 The Thesis
 The Research Proposal
 Parts of the Thesis
 Critique of an Abstract

Part III REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

 The Review of Related Literature Defined
 Two Kinds of Related Literature
 Guides to use in the review of Related Literature
 The Conceptual Literature
 Reviewing Research Literature
 The Evaluation of Materials
 Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Sources of Information
 Reading for Reference Notes
 The Mechanics of Note Taking

Part IV LIBRARY RESEARCH WORK

 Writing Critiques of Abstracts
 Review of Researches