Introduction to Interdisciplinary Research

  MIDS 400 
 Fall 2004

Required Texts

-- The following texts are available at the RU Bookstore --

Wayne Booth, Gregory Colomb, and Joseph Williams.  The Craft of Research.  2nd edition.  Chicago:  Univ. of Chicago Press, 2003.

 

 Gibaldi, Joseph.  MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.  6th edition.  NY:  Modern Language Assoc., 2003. 

In addition to these two texts, I will place several reading selections (including sample student papers from past sections of MIDS 400) on electronic reserve at the RU Library website.  You can access e-reserve documents here. 

Other Useful Texts

We may utilize selected handouts from the following book list 
(you do not have to purchase these).  A good starting point for further reading on interdisciplinarity and research methods.

  • Huff, Darrell.  How to Lie with Statistics.  NY: Norton, 1993 (1954).

  • Hult, Christine.  Readings from the Disciplines: Research Models for Writers.  Boston:  Allyn and Bacon, 1997.

  • Klein, Julie Thompson.  Crossing Boundaries:  Knowledge, Disciplinarities, and Interdisciplinarities.  Charlottesville:  Univ. of Virginia Press, 1996.

  • Klein, Julie Thompson.  Interdisciplinarity:  History, Theory, Practice.  Detroit:  Wayne St. Univ. Press, 1990.

  • Locke, Lawrence, Stephen Silverman, and Waneen Spirduso.  Reading and Understanding Research.  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage, 1998.

  • Mauch, James, and Jack Birch.  Guide to the Successful Thesis and Dissertation:  A Handbook for Students and Faculty.  4th edition.  New York:  Marcel Dekker, 1998. 

  • Messer-Davidow, Ellen, David Shumway, and David Sylvan.  Knowledges:  Historical and Critical Studies in Disciplinarity.  Charlottesville:  Univ. of Virginia Press, 1993.

  • Patten, Mildred.  Understanding Research Methods: An Overviewof the Essentials.  3rd edition.  Los Angeles:  Pyrczak Publishing, 2002.

  • Paulos, John Allen.  A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper.  NY: Doubleday, 1995.

  • Verdugo, Estabrook D.  Practical Problems in Research Methods: A Casebook with Questions for Discussion.  Los Angeles:  Pyrczak Publishing, 1998.

  • Wilson, Edward O.  Consilience:  The Unity of Knowledge.  New York:  Knopf, 1998.

  • Woolever, Kristin, and Tiane Donahue.  Research Across the Disciplines.  Mountain View, CA:  Mayfield Pub. Co., 1997. 

 

 Mike Bryson
Associate Professor
University College
Roosevelt University

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