Pt. 1. Research as we think we know it-- myths, theories, ideas. The scandalous research paper and exorcising ghosts / Jennie Nelson -- Making the research paper worth your time / Richard Fulkerson -- Learning to trust the twelfth picture on the roll / Bruce Ballenger -- pt. 2. Research as art and action : generating and developing ideas, data collection, revision, and editing. From idea to argument to research : using primary sources / Freddy L. Thomas -- Revisiting the library : old and new technologies for effective research / M. Linda Miller -- Creating knowledge through primary research / Georgia Rhoades and Lynn Moss Sanders -- Interviewing / Ben Rafoth -- The researching writer at work; or, managing your data before it manages (to overwhelm) you / Wendy Bishop -- pt. 3. Presenting your theories and yourself through research. Using your preexisting knowledge during research / Pavel Zemliansky -- Finding the voices of others without your own / Cindy Moore -- The Internet can be a wonderful place, but ... / Charles Lowe --
pt. 4. Genre and research. Argument as conversation : the role of inquiry in writing a researched argument / Stuart Greene -- Annotated student paper : Learning "American" in Spanish / Jennifer Farrell -- Why write literary research papers? / Wendy Weston McLallen -- Multigenre research : inquiring voices / Cheryl L. Johnson and Jayne A. Moneysmith -- This, too, is research / Melissa A. Goldthwaite -- pt. 5. Hint sheets for students (A-J) and for teachers (!-5). Perspectives piece ; Mining the writer's research / Melissa Goldthwaite -- Techniques for effective library use / M. Linda Miller -- On interviewing / Ben Rafoth -- Keeping a reading notebook ; Sources of information on literary research / Wendy Weston McLallen -- Dinner at your place : conversing with critics / Jennifer Ahern -- Beginning the writing phase of the project : getting to the draft / Charles Lowe -- Activities for composing a satisfying multigenre research paper (MRP) / Cheryl L. Johnson and Jayne A. Moneysmith -- Web resources for style sheets and usage guides ; Generating and focusing research questions / Pavel Zemliansky -- Analyzing terms : using frames to examine research writing / Stuart Greene --Sequenced research writing assignments / Wendy Bishop -- Hypertext research project ; The I-search assignment / Pavel Zemliansky