Unit 10 - Research Methods & Materials
UGC NET English Paper 2 Complete Study Material
🔍 This unit covers essential research methodologies, bibliographic tools, and academic writing conventions crucial for UGC NET English and PhD-level research.
MLA/Chicago/APA styles, Annotated Bibliographies, Citation Management Tools (Zotero, EndNote), Primary vs Secondary Sources.
"The bibliography is the foundation upon which all literary research is built." - Fredson Bowers
Key Concepts: Works Cited vs Bibliography, DOI/ISBN/ISSN, Citation Ethics, Reference Management
Study Bibliographic MethodsGreg-Bowers Theory, Copy-Text Editing, Stemmatics, Authorial Intent, Genetic Criticism, Scholarly Editing.
1. Collate witness texts
2. Identify variants
3. Determine archetype
4. Establish critical text
Key Terms: Apparatus Criticus, Recension, Emendation, Diplomatic Edition
Explore Textual CriticismManuscript Studies, Paleography, Ephemera Analysis, Special Collections, Digital Archives (EEBO, ECCO).
"Archives are the laboratories of the humanities researcher." - Heather MacNeil
Key Concepts: Provenance, Finding Aids, Foliation, Diplomatics, Marginalia Studies
Analyze Archival MethodsText Encoding (TEI), Distant Reading, Text Mining, GIS Mapping, Network Analysis, Digital Scholarly Editions.
Key Terms: XML Encoding, Topic Modeling, Macroanalysis, Born-Digital
Study Digital HumanitiesThesis Formulation, Literature Review, Methodology Selection, Hypothesis Building, Theoretical Frameworks.
"Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose." - Zora Neale Hurston
Key Concepts: Research Questions, Gap Analysis, Methodology vs Methods, Triangulation
Explore Research DesignChapter Structure, Argument Development, Peer Review Process, Viva Preparation, Plagiarism Avoidance.
• Introduction (10-15%)
• Literature Review (20-25%)
• Methodology (15-20%)
• Analysis (30-40%)
• Conclusion (10-15%)
Key Terms: Orals, Prospectus, IRB Approval, Blind Peer Review
Analyze Dissertation WritingJournal Submission Process, Impact Factors, Open Access, Monograph Publishing, Conference Presentations.
"Publishing is not the end of research but the beginning of scholarly conversation." - Michael Bhaskar
Key Concepts: H-Index, Predatory Journals, Peer Review, Author Rights, REF/NAAC
Study Scholarly PublishingStylometry, Sentiment Analysis, Corpus Linguistics, Statistical Analysis, Visualization Tools.
1. Define research question
2. Select corpus
3. Choose tools/methods
4. Analyze data
5. Interpret results
Key Terms: Concordance, Type-Token Ratio, N-grams, Zipf's Law
Explore Quantitative MethodsDiscourse Analysis, Ethnography, Oral History, Case Studies, Grounded Theory, Reception Studies.
"Qualitative research is about understanding the why behind the what." - John Creswell
Key Concepts: Thick Description, Coding, Triangulation, Member Checking
Study Qualitative MethodsPlagiarism Detection, Copyright Law, Human Subjects Research, Data Privacy, AI Ethics in Research.
Key Terms: IRB Approval, Informed Consent, Fair Use, COPE Guidelines
Explore Research EthicsResearch Methods Practice
Identify the Concept
"This textual criticism method involves reconstructing the genealogy of manuscript variants to determine their archetype."
Match the Method to Its Application
Research Terminology
Which term describes the detailed contextual description characteristic of qualitative ethnographic research?
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