This brief, practical guide offers a clear and comprehensive strategy for conceptualizing, approaching, and executing the task of writing a research paper in the humanities and social sciences. In addition, it provides:

• a critical and process-oriented approach to the tasks of topic selection, formulation of the research question, thesis development, and argumentation.
• judiciously selected examples drawn from a broad range of disciplines.
• concise treatment of the aims, methods, and conventions of scholarly research, including the opportunities and pitfalls of Internet use.
• a wealth of conceptual and organizational tools, and more.