Chapter 1 Introduction to Research Paper Writing: Getting Started 1.1 What is research? 1.2 What are the purposes of doing research? 1.3 Basic types of research 1.4 Steps to conduct research 1.5 Necessary qualities for a good student-researcher Chapter 2 Author-reader Relationship and the Academic Style 2.1 Know your readers 2.2 Author-reader relationship 2.3 Language features of general writing vs. academic writing 2.4 Language features: Verbs 2.5 Language features: Nouns Chapter 3 From Topics to Problems 3.1 From interests to research topics 3.2 Analysis of sample topics 3.3 What makes a good title? Chapter 4 Finding and Using Sources 4.1 Types of sources 4.2 Evaluating Internet sources 4.3 Finding the sources 4.4 Annotated bibliographies Chapter 5 Structuring a Research Paper 5.1 Different phases of writing a paper 5.2 Three major types of structure 5.3 Analysis of sample \