TY - BOOK AU - Vyhmeister, Nancy Jean TI - Quality research papers: For students of religion and theology SN - 978-0-310-27440-7 AV - BL 41 .V94 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - Grand Rapids, Michigan PB - Zondervan KW - Religion KW - Research KW - Theology N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; What is research? -- Using the library -- Taming the internet -- Choosing a topic -- Planning research -- Preparing bibliographies -- Research thinking -- Research reading -- Footnotes: why, when, and how -- Reference notes and bibliographical entries compared -- Organizing the paper -- Writing the paper -- Formatting the paper -- Biblical exegesis as research -- Descriptive research -- Program development as research -- The case study as research -- Miscellaneous theological writing -- Statistics, tables, and graphs -- Theses and dissertations -- Doctor of Ministry projects; Nancy Vyhmeister's Quality Research Papers is fast becoming a standard reference textbook for writing research papers in the field of religion and theology. It takes the student from the beginning assignment of a paper through the research phase to the finished paper. This second edition gives improvements and added material for such things as the expanding field of online research and doing church-related research in a professional manner. Resources for doing research are updated throughout the book. ER -