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 and his books include The System of Professions, Department and Discipline, Chaos of Disciplines, and Time Matters, all published by the University of Chicago Press.
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.
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浏览了一遍,“后悔没有早点读”系列,但是早点读估计也读不出什么名堂,现在搞得东西一团糟才意识到哪里有问题,然而不知道还来不来得及补救。。。
评分Revisited again
评分很久没有在豆瓣标记书。。最好的研究指南,没有之一。搭配着上完LRC觉得自己对如何做一项好的研究设计基本没有困惑了。
评分doing a research project; real reading; brutal force; filing; minianalysis
评分感觉比The Craft of Research那本要好的一点是,比起像手册一样把方法一条一条按逻辑顺序列出来,这本更像是Abbott开一门library research课的课堂讲义。并不是将研究的步骤按理想的样态抽象出来进行描述,而是用自己具体的研究经历来讲清楚“做研究”这件事在现实中到底是什么样的。对新手来说,这样显然更加友好。不过虽然后悔,但我也怀疑大一的时候让我看这本书能看出什么名堂来。或许也是一个悖论,在完全不会“做研究”的时候读这样的书也没有太大用处,必须是在有了基本的意识,操作过一些简单的研究主题之后,才能通过读手册发现自己之前错在了哪里。
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