Meaning and Scope of Research (MLA Handbook p. 3)
Literary Research as ‘Vocation’ (Altick pp. 15-18)
Primary and Secondary Sources (MLA Handbook p. 3)
‘Finding Materials’ (Altick pp. 155-160)
Identifying the research area/ selecting a topic, narrowing the focus (MLA Handbook pp. 6-7)
The Research Paper as a form of Exploration (MLA Handbook pp. 3-5)
The Research Paper as a form of Communication (MLA Handbook p. 5)
Libraries (MLA Handbook pp. 8-9)
Internet for web sources (MLA Handbook pp. 24-26 & 28-31)
Research centres, multimedia resources, etc. (MLA Handbook pp. 24-31)
Preparing cards (for Notes: MLA Handbook pp. 38-40 & for Bibliography: pp. 31-33)
Close reading
Making notes (Altick, pp. 205-218)
• Outlining (MLA Handbook pp. 41-46)
• The Philosophy of Composition (organizing material/ ideas, developing an argument, coherence and cohesion) (Altick pp. 220-21, 223-25, 227-30, 233, 236-37, 242-44, & 246)
• Use of quoted material/ citing sources in the text (MLA Handbook pp. 213-232)
• Plagiarism (MLA Handbook pp. 52-58)
• Preparing the list of works cited (MLA Handbook pp. 123-212)
• Compiling a Working Bibliography (MLA Handbook pp. 31-33)
• MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, East-West Press, April 2016 (Eighth Edition)