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.
发表于2024-04-30
Digital Paper 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
图书标签: 研究方法 社会研究方法 学术 方法论 methodology 社会学 工具書 方法論
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.
写给20世纪知识生产模式,特别是研究型图书馆的一封情书。当然,AA希望你也能爱上它
评分Two great points: library research is not linear, and it is about creating things, not about finding things. 读的时候感觉身边就是Abbott真人手把手教自己做研究。与其去争论定性定量研究,our research is not scientific for the things we wish to discuss do not have fixed answers. We discover things, to be sure, but their discovery merely opens further possibility to complexify them.
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。
评分More than Turabian do I love this book which teaches conceptualisation.
评分Reread this enchanting guide for research and writing.
Digital Paper 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书