Painless Research Projects Book

	Introduction	ix
Chapter 1	Starting Your Treasure Hunt	1
	Picking a Topic	3
	Is This Topic As Easy to Research As It Looks?	9
	Planning How to Present Your Project	12
	Research Reports vs. Research Papers	29
Chapter 2	Digging for the Treasure	37
	Finding Your Way Around the Library	39
	A Smart Start: The Reference Section	42
	Books and Magazines	48
	Using the Computer	58
	Other Ways to Locate Books about Your Topic	75
Chapter 3	The Internet	83
	What Is Cyberspace?	85
	What in the World Is the World Wide Web?	86
Chapter 4	Interviews and More	95
	Preparing for a Personal Interview	97
	Writing a Questionnaire	100
	Other Places to Dig for Treasure	104
Chapter 5	Taking Notes	115
	Using Note Cards	117
	Determining if a Source Will Be Helpful	117
	Think--Don't Copy!	122
Chapter 6	What to Do with Your Treasure	139
	Organizing Your Key Ideas	141
	The Introduction: Where It all Starts	151
	The Body: Turning Note Cards into Paragraphs	156
	Successful Conclusions	166
	Cures for Writer's Block	169
Chapter 7	Buff and Shine Your Treasure	185
	Editing Tools	187
	Editing Your Paper	188
	Maps and Illustrations	194
	A Few More Things to Check	195
Chapter 8	A Sample Research Report	197
	Choosing a Topic	199
	Writing the Bibliography	216
Appendix A	Painless Checklists	219
	Getting an Idea for a Topic	219
	Knowing What the Teacher Wants	219
	Asking Questions about Your Topic	220
	Looking for Information	220
	Getting Organized	221
	Taking Notes	221
	Organizing Your Note Cards	222
	Writing the Rough Draft of the Paper	223
	Editing and Cleaning Up the Paper	224
Appendix B	Bibliographies and Source Cards	225
	Reference Book Articles with no Author Given	226
	Reference Book Articles with an Author	227
	CD-ROM Encyclopedia Articles	227
	Magazine Articles	227
	Newspaper Articles	228
	Cartoons	228
	Books or Pamphlets with One Author	228
	Books or Pamphlets with Two Authors	229
	Interviews	229
	Films	229
	Television Programs	230
	Internet Sites	230
	Online Databases such as America Online	231
	Periodical CD-ROM Databases such as SIRS and InfoTrac	231
	Government Publications	231
Appendix C	Internet Addresses	233
	Astronomy and Space	233
	Physical Sciences	235
	Biology and Animal Sciences	237
	Earth Sciences	238
	Oceans	239
	Math	241
	Literature and the Arts	241
	History	242
	Geography	245
	Social Studies and Government	246
	Current Events	248
	Reference	249
	Other Cool Sites	250
	Link Sites	252
	Index	257