BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction: Welcome to the Study of Sociology
Part I: A Handbook of Style for Sociology
Chapter 1: Writing as Communication
Chapter 2: Writing Competently
Chapter 3: Formats
Chapter 4: Citing Sources
Part II: Conducting Research in Sociology
Chapter 5: Organizing the Research Process
Chapter 6: Sources of Information
Chapter 7: Internet Resources and Distance Learning
Chapter 8: Doing Social Research
Part III: How to Write Different Types of Sociology Papers
Chapter 9: Social Issue Papers
Chapter 10: Critical Evaluation of Sociological Literature
Chapter 11: Quantitative Research Papers
Chapter 12: Qualitative Research Papers
COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction: Welcome to the Study of Sociology
What Is Sociology?
Different Kinds of Sociology
Some Fundamental Ideas of Sociology
A Brief History of Sociology
The Rise of American Sociology
Major Sociological Perspectives
A Final Note
PART I: A HANDBOOK OF STYLE FOR SOCIOLOGY
Chapter 1: Writing as Communication
1.1 Writing to Learn
1.2 The Writing Process (New section on Paragraph Development)
1.3 Levels of Academic Writing
Chapter 2: Writing Competently
2.1 Guidelines for the Competent Writer
2.2 Some Rules of Punctuation and Grammar
2.3 Spelling
Chapter 3: Formats
3.1 General Page Format
3.2 Title Page
3.3 Abstract
3.4 Executive Summary
3.5 Outline Page
3.6 Table of Contents
3.7 List of Tables and Figures
3.8 Tables
3.9 Illustrations and Figures
3.10 Text
3.11 Headings and Subheadings
3.12 References
3.13 Appendixes
Chapter 4: Citing Sources
4.1 Preliminary Considerations
4.2 Citing Sources in ASA Format (Updated with new ASA Style Guide)
PART II: CONDUCTING RESEARCH IN SOCIOLOGY
Chapter 5: Organizing the Research Process
5.1 Gaining Control of the Research Process
5.2 Effective Research Methods
5.3 Avoiding Plagiarism (New section with Expanded Description)
Chapter 6: Sources of Information
6.1 Guides to Sociological Literature
6.2 General Periodicals and Newspapers
6.3 Academic Journals
6.4 Researching Books
6.5 U.S. Government Publications
Chapter 7: Internet Resources and Distance Learning
7.1 Internet Resources for Writing Well
7.2 Sociology Resources on the Internet (Updated)
7.3 The Library of Congress and THOMAS (New section)
7.3 A Guide to Distance Learning
Chapter 8: Doing Social Research
8.1 Thinking Scientifically
8.2 The Scientific Method
8.3 Common Quantitative Research Designs
PART III: How to Write Different Types of Sociology Papers
Chapter 9: Social Issue Papers
9.1 Issue Reaction Papers
9.2 Social Issue Analysis Papers
Chapter 10: Critical Evaluation of Sociological Literature
10.1 Book Reviews
10.2 Article Critiques
10.3 Literature Reviews
10.4 Annotated Bibliographies
Chapter 11: Quantitative Research Papers
11.1 Quantitative Research Designs
11.2 Survey-Based Quantitative Research Papers (Expanded Description on the Text section)
11.3 A Survey-Based Quantitative Research Paper (New sample paper)
Chapter 12: Qualitative Research Papers
12.1 What Is Qualitative Research?
12.2 Comparing Quantitative and Qualitative Research
12.3 Case Studies as Qualitative Research
12.4 A Qualitative Case Study Paper
Glossary
References
Index