Strategies for Conducting Literary Research - 2e
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Barry Jason Mauer, University of Central Florida
John Venecek, University of Central Florida
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Publisher: University of Central Florida
Language: English
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Table of Contents
- Introduction to Strategies for Conducting Literary Research
- Table of Contents
- Chapter 1: Preliminary Research
- Chapter 2: Identifying a Problem and Considering Audience
- Chapter 3: Research as Inquiry and Scholarship as Conversation
- Chapter 4: Research Goals, Theory, Methodologies, Methods, and Evidence
- Chapter 5: Reading Literary Works
- Chapter 6: Library Services & Resources
- Chapter 7: Using Google Scholar
- Chapter 8: Evaluating Scholarly Resources
- Chapter 9: Developing Your Research Question
- Chapter 10: Research as an Inferential and Critical Process
- Chapter 11: Key Elements of the Research Project
- Chapter 12: The Writing Process
- Chapter 13: Avoiding Plagiarism/Additional Resources/Foundational Materials Assignment
- Final Project and Exam
- Glossary
- Rubrics
- Presenting Your Research Visually: Academic Posters and Slides
- Contributors
- "Sonny's Blues" Refresher and Exercises
- Sample Syllabus
Ancillary Material
Submit ancillary resourceAbout the Book
This book, built in PressBooks with financial support from the UCF Digital Learning Course Redesign Initiative, contains 14 chapters, each of which contains two to six pages about the process of literary research. Pages contain learning objectives, infographics, videos, examples, key takeaways, and exercises. The course contains numerous discussion areas and quizzes. It also contains a “Foundational Materials” assignment that provides a platform for student success with whatever research project their instructor assigns. The book is highly flexible and instructors may use all or any part of the book within their own webcourse.
About the Contributors
Authors
Barry Jason Mauer is associate professor, English, at the University of Central Florida. He is the author of Deadly Delusions: Right-Wing Death Cult (2020) and co-editor (with Anastasia Salter) of Re-imagining the Humanities (Parlor Press 2023). He has published numerous articles and book chapters about citizen curating, which brings ordinary people into the production of exhibits, both online and in public spaces.
John Venecek is a Humanities Librarian at the University of Central Florida. His primary areas of interest include open education resources, textbook affordability, and digital humanities. Prior to his arrival at UCF, John taught English at the College of DuPage and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ekaterinburg, Russia where he taught English and founded a foreign language library/resource center.