Andrew Abbott is the Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago. He edits the American Journal of Sociology and his books include The System of Professions, Department and Discipline, Chaos of Disciplines, and Time Matters, all published by the University of Chicago Press.
Today’s researchers have access to more information than ever before. Yet the new material is both overwhelming in quantity and variable in quality. How can scholars survive these twin problems and produce groundbreaking research using the physical and electronic resources available in the modern university research library? In Digital Paper, Andrew Abbott provides some much-needed answers to that question.
Abbott tells what every senior researcher knows: that research is not a mechanical, linear process, but a thoughtful and adventurous journey through a nonlinear world. He breaks library research down into seven basic and simultaneous tasks: design, search, scanning/browsing, reading, analyzing, filing, and writing. He moves the reader through the phases of research, from confusion to organization, from vague idea to polished result. He teaches how to evaluate data and prior research; how to follow a trail to elusive treasures; how to organize a project; when to start over; when to ask for help. He shows how an understanding of scholarly values, a commitment to hard work, and the flexibility to change direction combine to enable the researcher to turn a daunting mass of found material into an effective paper or thesis.
More than a mere how-to manual, Abbott’s guidebook helps teach good habits for acquiring knowledge, the foundation of knowledge worth knowing. Those looking for ten easy steps to a perfect paper may want to look elsewhere. But serious scholars, who want their work to stand the test of time, will appreciate Abbott’s unique, forthright approach and relish every page of Digital Paper.
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doing a research project; real reading; brutal force; filing; minianalysis
评分Two great points: library research is not linear, and it is about creating things, not about finding things. 读的时候感觉身边就是Abbott真人手把手教自己做研究。与其去争论定性定量研究,our research is not scientific for the things we wish to discuss do not have fixed answers. We discover things, to be sure, but their discovery merely opens further possibility to complexify them.
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评分论文写作手册+研究指南。将研究设计拆解到可操作的步骤,从如何读文献到怎样使用WoS,都是非常实用没有一点故弄玄虚的建议。后悔没有更早接触到...
评分论文写作手册+研究指南。将研究设计拆解到可操作的步骤,从如何读文献到怎样使用WoS,都是非常实用没有一点故弄玄虚的建议。后悔没有更早接触到...
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