"Research Papers teaches essential research skills through engaging topics, interesting readings, and practical exercises. The book demystifies the research process with careful guidance and directed activities on topics of genuine interest, paying particular attention to common student troublespots. The text includes extensive instruction on electronic resources and citation, and a complete sample research paper using MLA documentation. To provide context for the exercises, the book requires students to explore fascinating topics such as the Lizzie Borden murder case, the "Titanic disaster, slave narratives by Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs, and Edith Wharton' s trip to a Morocco harem.

Even students capable of writing excellent essays still find their first major political science research paper an intimidating experience. Crafting the right research question, finding good sources, properly summarizing them, operationalizing concepts and designing good tests for their hypotheses, presenting and analyzing quantitative as well as qualitative data are all tough-going without a great deal of guidance and encouragement. Writing a Research Paper in Political Science breaks down the research paper into its constituent parts and shows students what they need to do at each stage to successfully complete each component until the paper is finished. Practical summaries, recipes for success, worksheets, exercises, and a series of handy checklists make this a must-have supplement for any writing-intensive political science course.

This book provides introductory materials on research methods and report writing that aim at guiding students and researchers towards effective research and reporting of their findings. Unlike the many volumes on research that are mostly theoretical, this book originated in the classroom and grew out of the students' own needs to design and conduct satisfactory research in order to meet academic requirements. It is also designed to help experienced researchers in their research ventures. In fulfilling this purpose, the author uses simple, straightforward language. He also provides appropriate examples and illustrations to enable the reader to grasp the basic concepts of research. The book will prove a useful guide for students and researchers in social sciences and humanities who wish to transform research theory into real and feasible research projects.