Tribhuvan University

CENTRAL DEPARTMENT OF
ENGLISH
M.Phil in English Program

COURSE PACKET

Reading and Writing

M Phil Program
Tribhuvan University
Course Code: 603.2
Reading and Writing

This courses introduces students to the academic discipline,

Plz write something about the course yourself

UNIT ONE

RESEARCH, RESEARCHERS, AND READERS

1. Thinking in Print: The Uses of Research, Public and Private

2. Connecting with Your Reader: (Re)Creating Your Self and Your Audience

UNIT TWO

ASKING QUESTIONS AND FINDING ANSWERS

3.From Topics to Questions

4. From Questions to Problems

5. From Problems to Sources

6. Using Sources

UNIT THREE

MAKING CLAIM AND SUPPORTING IT

7. Making Good Arguments: An Overview

8. Claims

9. Reasons and Evidence

10. Acknowledgments and Responses

11. Warrants

UNIT FOUR

PREPARING TO DRAFT, DRAFTING AND REVISING

12. Planning and Drafting

13. Revising Your Organization and Argument

14. Introductions and Conclusions

15. Communicating Evidence Visually

16. Revising Style: Telling Your Story Clearly

UNIT FIVE

RESEARCH ETHICS

17. Ethics of Research

Prescribed book:

The craft of research / Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams.2nd ed. p.
cm. (Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing)

Sources

Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Scribner, 1998. Also available as a CD-ROM.

Lagasse, Paul, ed. The Columbia Encyclopedia. 6th ed. New York: Columbia University Press,
2000. Also available online at http://www.bartleby.com/65.

Nicholls, C. S., ed. The Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press,
1996.

Goetz, Phillip W., ed. The New Encyclopaedia Britannica. 15th ed. 32 vols. Chicago:
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1987.
Balay, Robert, ed. Guide to Reference Books. 11th ed. Chicago: American Library Association,
1996.

Hacker, Diana, and Barbara Fister. Research and Documentation in the Electronic Age. 3rd ed.
Boston: Bedford/St. Martins, 2002.

Kane, Eileen, and Mary OReilly-de Brun. Doing Your Own Research: Basic Descriptive
Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities. New York: Marion Boyars Publishing,
2001.

Preece, Roy A. Starting Research: An Introduction to Academic Research and Dissertation

Writing. New York: St. Martins Press, 1994.

Vitale, Philip H. Basic Tools of Research: An Annotated Guide for Students of English. 3rd ed.,
rev. and enl. New York: Barrons Educational Series, 1975.

The Bibliographic Index. New York: H. W. Wilson. Also available online at

http://hwwilsonweb.com.

Biography Reference Bank. New York: H. W. Wilson. Also available online at

http://hwwilsonweb.com and as a CD-ROM.

Books in Print. New York: R. R. Bowker. Also available online at http://

www.booksinprint.com/bip and as a CD-ROM.

Brigham, Clarence S. History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 16901820.

Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1947.

Dissertation Abstracts. New York: SilverPlatter Information. Also available online at

http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/search and as a CD-ROM.

Gregory, Winifred, ed. American Newspapers 18211936: A Union List of Files Available in the
United States and Canada. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1937.

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe. Dayton, Ohio: Available online at http:// web.lexis-

nexis.com/universe.

Library of Congress Subject Catalog. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Also available
online at http://catalog.loc.gov.
National Newspaper Index. Menlo Park, Calif.: Information Access. Also available online from
multiple sources.

New York Times Index. New York: New York Times.

Newspapers in Microform. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1984.

Poole, William Frederick, and William Isaac Fletcher. Pooles Index to Periodical Literature.
Gloucester: Peter Smith, 1957.

Popular Periodical Index. Camden, N.J.: Rutgers University.

ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Ann Arbor: UMI. Also available online at

http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/gateway.

Readers Guide to Periodical Literature. New York: H. W. Wilson. Also available online at
http://hwwilsonweb.com and as a CD-ROM.

Subject Guide to Books in Print. New York: R. R. Bowker. Also available online at
http://www.booksinprint.com/bip and as a CD-ROM.

Wall Street Journal Index. New York: Dow Jones. Also available online at
http://www.il.proquest.com/products/pt-product-WSJ.shtml.

WorldCat. Dublin, Ohio: Online Computer Library Center. http://www .oclc.org/worldcat.

Sternberg, David Joel. How to Complete and Survive a Doctoral Dissertation. New York: St.
Martins Griffin, 1981.

Strunk, William, and E. B. White. The Elements of Style. 4th ed. New York: Longman, 2000. 5.
Williams, Joseph M. Style: Toward Clarity and Grace. Chicago: University of Chicago
Press, 1990.

The Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.