如何确定论文题目

1 硕士论文的选题硕士论文的选题 论文写作的过程一般可分为五个阶段 1 选题 2 收集资料 3 分析资料 构思 制定提纲 4 撰写初稿 5 修改和定稿 一 一 选题选题 1 选择选择一个一个笼统笼统的的题题目目 这个题目应该是你既感兴趣又对其有一定了解的题目 对这个题目你应该 已有一些想法 而这些想法值得你去进一步探讨 研究 进而将其扩展为一篇论 文 2 阅读阅读与思考与思考 应该尽量多读书 以求得到自己所需要的资料 在阅读的过程中还要不断地 给自己提出问题 你头脑中的那个题目是否已有人做过较为深入的探讨 你是否 能从新的角度 新的侧面来进一步拓展此题目 提出有创见性的论点 如果你的 回答是肯定的 你就可以迈出下一步 否则 你就应该及时地放弃这个题目 3 缩缩小小题题目范目范围围 将题目的范围缩小到某几个方面 使其有可能成为一篇论文的题目 4 确定最后的确定最后的题题目目 最后选定的题目应符合以下几项要求 1 选定的题目本身应该是有意义的 而且是严肃的 你的分析必须有见地 有深 度 一篇科研论文应该能引起读者的思考 应该使读者读后有所收获 2 选定的题目应该是你力所能及的 3 选定的题目应该有足够的资料供参阅 论文中所表述的观点或看法应该建立 在对各种资料的分析的基础之上 如果你只能找到一两本或一两篇与你的论 2 文题目有关的书籍或文章 如果你只是从这一点资料中得出结论 那么你所 做出的结论很可能依据不足 4 选定的题目应该是可供客观研究使用的 5 选题不应该是当前最热门却又无法下定论的题目 如果你选定的题目太大 无法写深写透 你就应该设法缩小它的范围 为自己的论文找到一个恰当的 焦点 选题的过程是一个从大题目中发现小题目的过程 举例说明 General The American Civil War Restricted Causes of the Victory of the North More restricted The Support Given to the Union Army by the People The topic chosen Black Soldiers in the Union General Elizabethan Drama Restricted Shakespeare s Tragedies More restricted Hamlet The topic chosen On Hamlet s Insanity 二 收集二 收集资资料料 论文题目确定之后 紧接着的一步便是收集资料 收集资料应当贯穿整个论 文写作过程 1 使用图书馆 列出阅读书单 2 阅读 3 做笔记 4 Acknowledge your sources Avoid plagiarism 三 分析三 分析资资料 构思 制定提料 构思 制定提纲纲 1 确定 确定论论点点 收集到足够的资料以后 下一步就是要把这些资料组合成一个统一而联贯 的整体 同时要为自己的论文提出论点 一篇论文的论点通常是一句话 阐明论 3 文作者对自己所研究的论题进一步定位定向的过程 从而确保自己在论文提纲 的制定和论文的撰写过程中不偏离主题 2 制定提 制定提纲纲 论文提纲主要有两种形式 一种是短语提纲 提纲中的大小标题都用短语 表述 第二种是整句提纲 提纲中的大小标题都用完整的句子来表述 整句提纲 的表达可能更清楚些 因为它可以清楚地显示出你的论文是如何一步一步地接 近你的结论的 4 The research paper is based on a systematic investigation of materials found in a library This section provides instructions about the way to assemble materials from sources and to document them with footnotes Choose a subject which interests you Limit it to manageable size Your subject should allow you to use the library extensively think for yourself and come to a significant conclusion which will be of interest to your reader Above all it should engage your attention so that you enjoy reading and thinking about it and writing it up for others Begin by choosing a general subject area If you have long had a particular interest it may be your starting point photography perhaps or literature or painting or architecture If nothing comes to mind start with a list of broad areas such as the following decide on one you like and then focus on a limited aspect of it Limit your subject adequately Suppose you have chosen photography as your general area After a little thought and reading and a look at the card catalog of the library you will see that this is too broad a topic for one paper So you may begin by narrowing it to color photography or aerial photography or the history of 5 photography Any of these topics could be further restricted for example The Effect of Color Photography on Advertising or Aerial Photography in World War II or Matthew Brady Photographer of the Civil War Still further limitation may be desirable depending on the length of your paper and the resources of your library Avoid inappropriate subjects Beware of subjects highly technical learned or specialized Only a specialist can handle modem techniques in genetic research or experimental psychology Avoid topics that do not lead to a wide range of source materials If you find that you are using one or two sources exclusively the fault may be with your methodor with your topic For example a process topic how to do something does not lend itself to library investigation Instead of writing on How to Ski a student might harness an interest in skiing to a study of the effect of skiing on some in dustry or region in the United States Become acquainted with the reference tools of the library and use them to compile a working bibliography Certain guides to knowledge are indispensable to library investigation From them you can compile a working bibliography a list of publications which contain material on your subject and which you plan 6 to read The items on this list should have only the author s name the title and the information you need in order to find the source in the library Locate source materials read evaluate and take notes Before you begin to take notes it is a good idea to do some broad preliminary reading in an encyclopedia or in other general introductory works Try to get a general view a kind of map of the territory within which you will be working These headings may not be final You should always be ready to delete add and change headings as you read and take notes At this stage the final order of headingsthe outline may be neither possible nor necessary At an early stage in research it is not always possible to know exactly what information is needed Photocopy some of the longest passages and then you can study them and digest them during the writing of the first draft of the paper Do not copy so many passages that you leave too much of the thinking until the last moment but make enough duplicates to prevent constant returns to the same books in the library When writing your paper you may either quote directly or paraphrase Quoting and paraphrasing may be combined on a single note card as in the card at the bottom of page 281 It is most important to use quotation marks accurately when writing the note to use your own words 7 when not quoting and to transfer quotations and quotation marks from card to paper with scrupulous care Any single card should contain notes from only one source and all the notes on any single card should be about one single topic such as James Thurber s subjects on the cards above This will give you maximum flexibility in organizing materials as the plan of the paper takes shape Arrange the cards by topic before you write the paper The accuracy of your paper depends to a great extent on the accuracy of your notes Indicate on each card the source the page numbers and an appropriate subject heading Note taking is not a mere mechanical process it involves interpretation and evaluation Two persons writing on the same subject and using the same sources would not be likely to take quite the same notes and their papers would differ accordingly in content and organization Construct an outline No step in the writing of a research paper is more important than the working out of a good outline The purpose of an outline is not to hold you rigidly to a preconceived form but to enable you to think through your topic and organize it logically and interestingly before you begin to write Writing too soon is the most common of all flaws in composing a 8 research paper The outline may therefore be the most important single step in the process After you have worked out a tentative outline study it carefully to be sure that you have included all the major points you wish to make and that you have arranged them so that your discussion will flow rationally from one to the other If you have taken the time and effort to complete a full and effective outline you will find that the writing of the paper itself will go much quicker and smoother and that the result will be a unified discussion See the model outline on page 297 Acknowledge your sources Avoid plagiarism Acknowledge your indebtedness to others by giving full details of sources in footnotes and bibliography Using others words and ideas as if they were your own is a form of stealing called plagiarism Some of the principles of quoting and paraphrasing have already been discussed under the topic of taking notes 48d They must be kept in mind during the writing and revision of the paper Finally quotations and paraphrases should be carefully checked for accuracy after the paper is written All direct quotations must be placed in quotation marks and acknowledged in your text If you are writing a documented paper specific details of the citation 9 must be completed in a footnote Even when you take only a phrase or a single unusual word from a passage you should enclose it in quotation marks You may quote words phrases clauses sentences or even whole paragraphs Generally you should quote a sentence or a paragraph only when a writer has phrased something especially well and when you need to supply all the information given Do not quote excessively A sequence of quotations strung together with a few words of your own is not satisfactory Excessive quoting indicates that you have not properly digested your sources thought about the ideas and learned to express them in your own words and to relate them to your own ideas All paraphrases and citations must be acknowledged Credit a source when you cite ideas or information from it even when you do not quote directly Altering the wording does not make the substance yours An acknowledgment not only gives proper credit but also lends authority to your statement Whenever you consult a source or a note card as you write you are probably paraphrasing