Description This is a complete revision with new material of the second edition of Social Sciences Research: Research, Writing, and Presentation Strategies for Students (Scarecrow Press, 2008). in higher education administration, also from the University at Buffalo..
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A successful grant writer for more than twenty years, Gail holds an MLS from the University at Buffalo as well as a Ph.
Her areas of Research include information literacy, leadership, and library as place in academic environments.
She has held leadership positions at public and private universities as well as nonprofit organizations including serving as an executive director, board member, board vice president and president.
Kirkpatrick Library and the Center for Teaching and Learning.
About the Author Gail Staines is University Librarian at the University of Central Missouri where she oversees the James C.
The ideal resource for college students, this manual addresses the finer points of Research and writing that are not given enough instruction in the classroom.
In this third edition, the author has included more instruction on searches using electronic sources as well as new formatting guidelines that have been promulgated in the past several years.
Complementing the manual are appendixes consisting of a list of possible Research questions, an example paper, a complete set of worksheets, and blank citation forms to be used to record references, which provide further practice for students. g., Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc.); as well as the far reaching changes in databases and other sources of electronic information that is available. g., smart phones, tablets, apps, etc.); the information overload not only on the Internet where anyone can publish, but also with the explosion of Social media (e.
The plethora of new information technologies (e.
There have been significant changes in the Research process in the Social Sciences since the second edition of this text was published in 2008 - a decade ago.
Description This is a complete revision with new material of the second edition of Social Sciences Research: Research, Writing, and Presentation Strategies for Students (Scarecrow Press, 2008)
