Marius, Short Guide , ch. Then using this bibliography, write an essay about a possible research subject. Include a paragraph with a possible thesis statement for your research paper. Due Feb. 27. Constructing a Problem.
Technique begins with learning how to use the catalogue of a library.
Whatever the system, it is only an expanded form of the alphabetical order of an encyclopedia. A ready knowledge of the order of letters in the alphabet is therefore fundamental to all research. But it must be supplemented by alertness and imagination, for subjects frequently go by different names. For example, coin collecting is called Numismatics. In other words, one must from the very beginning play with the subject, take it apart and view it from various sides in order to seize on its outward connections.