What you'll learn
- Research methods for book-based research
- Academic methods for research paper writing
Requirements
- Interest in developing your personal research skills
Description
Research from books sometimes requires stacks of 6-10 books, each 350 pages or more. Reading all of these in detail can be time consuming, and sometimes ends up not even being useful to the work you're trying to do.
This course will teach you tips and tricks on finding a book, taking notes while reading, and ways you can obtain the most information out of a book without needing to read the whole thing. Make the most of your time by only putting the energy and focus on aspects of research that helps you, not on elements that are not useful.
This course teaches you research methods used by many full-time academics to conserve on time during research.
In this class you will discover:
Tips and tricks for finding books
Overview of a book's parts
Keys to the table of contents
How to use the index
How to use the introduction
How to use the conclusion
How to use the bibliography/citations
Tips and tricks for notetaking
Who this course is for:
- Budding Researchers, and those interested in learning more
- New students in academic writing
Course content
- Preview03:07
- 06:58Tips and Tricks: Find a Book
- 04:46Overview of a Book's Parts
- 03:25How to Use the Table of Contents
- 04:46How to Use the Index
- 04:44How to Use the Introduction
- 04:31How to Use the Conclusion
- 03:25How to Use the Bibliography
- 04:56Tips and Tricks: Note-taking
Instructor
![Vivian Asimos](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
- 4.7 Instructor Rating
- 23 Reviews
- 99 Students
- 4 Courses
Vivian Asimos is the co-founder of alt-ac. She received her PhD from Durham University, studying virtual narratives. She’s interested in the study of popular culture, and what contemporary narratives have to tell us about our current societies, understanding these narratives as our contemporary mythology. She is the editor of the Bloomsbury Reader in the Study of Myth, and the author of the forthcoming Digital Mythology and the Internet’s Monster. She can be found on twitter and on her website.