DIGITAL PAPER: A MANUAL FOR RESEARCH AND WRITING WITH LIBRARY AND INTERNET MATERIALS

Book ID/图书代码： 13560014B74243

English Summary/英文概要： Today’s researchers have access to more information than ever before. Yet the new material is both overwhelming in quantity and variable in quality. How can scholars survive these twin problems and produce groundbreaking research using the physical and electronic resources available in the modern university research library? In Digital Paper, Andrew Abbott provides some much-needed answers to that question. Abbott tells what every senior researcher knows: that research is not a mechanical, linear process, but a thoughtful and adventurous journey through a nonlinear world. He breaks library research down into seven basic and simultaneous tasks: design, search, scanning/browsing, reading, analyzing, filing, and writing. He moves the reader through the phases of research, from confusion to organization, from vague idea to polished result. He teaches how to evaluate data and prior research; how to follow a trail to elusive treasures; how to organize a project; when to start over; when to ask for help. He shows how an understanding of scholarly values, a commitment to hard work, and the flexibility to change direction combine to enable the researcher to turn a daunting mass of found material into an effective paper or thesis. More than a mere how-to manual, Abbott’s guidebook helps teach good habits for acquiring knowledge, the foundation of knowledge worth knowing. Those looking for ten easy steps to a perfect paper may want to look elsewhere. But serious scholars, who want their work to stand the test of time, will appreciate Abbott’s unique, forthright approach and relish every page of Digital Paper.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 如今的研究者比以往能获取的更多的信息。层出不穷的资料有着巨大的数量和各种质量。那么学者们如何才能破解这双重问题，利用现代大学研究所可以提供的实体和电子资源产生更多的开创性研究。在本书中，安德鲁•阿伯特展示了该问题迫切需要的答案。阿伯特阐述了每位高级研究者都知道的：研究活动不是个呆板的，线性的进程，而是在非线性世界的一场思想和探索的旅程。他把图书馆研究分解为七个基本的和并列的任务：设计，搜集，概览，查阅，分析，归类，撰文。他使读者穿越研究活动的各个阶段，从迷茫到条理化，从初步的想法倒完美的成果。他传授了如何评估数据和研究顺序；如何循着痕迹直至复杂的结果；如何组织一个项目；什么时候开始；什么时候最需要帮助。他展示了对学术价值的理解，是一种对刻苦工作的认可，与灵活掌握方向相结合，使得研究者将一堆令人发愁的基础资料整理成有用的论文或理论。以上仅仅只是入门手册，阿伯特的指南可以帮助学到获取知识的好习惯，值得了解的知识的基础。想要十来个简单步骤就写成一篇论文的请到别处看看吧。认真的学者，想要他们的工作经得住时间考验的，将会欣赏阿布特独特的、直截了当的方法，细细品味本书的每一页。(LNL)

Awards/获奖情况：一位大师级研究者回忆了他和学生在过去三十年里解决的大量实践的和理论性的研究问题的启发性细节。他将这些回忆内容系统化成为有用的意见，为成功的学术配置了阶梯型计划，可以满足非常苛刻的需求。这本书不包含丝毫的新内容，将可靠地引导新学者进入一个新的资料研究的世界，也会帮助他们的师友齐头并进。对于未来严肃的人文研究是个不可或缺的指南（阿兰•西卡，当代社会学编辑）

“The work of a master researcher who recalls in illuminating detail how he and his students over the last thirty years went about solving a large number of empirical and theoretical research problems. He systematizes these memories into usable advice and lays out a multistage plan for successful scholarship that meets very rigorous demands. Without a hint of trendiness, this manual will reliably guide novice scholars into a new world of materials for study and will help their mentors keep up as well. An indispensable guide for serious humanistic study in the future.” (Alan Sica, editor, Contemporary Sociology)

About the Author/作者介绍： 安德鲁•阿伯特是芝加哥大学the Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift杰出讲座教授，《美国社会科学》杂志编辑。

Andrew Abbott is the Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago. He edits the American Journal of Sociology.

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