Template for Scoping Research Reports


Important: Do not overwrite this template page. Copy the source code into a new page for your research report. (Or, when creating a new page for your report, choose the "template" designated for this template page.)

 

[Report Title] (used as page title, e.g., "The Textual Editing Paradigm". Delete this line after you have named the page.)

 

Research Report by Your Name (with link to bio at bottom of this page)

(created [date in format: July 10, 2017]; last revised [date])

Executive Summary

[300-word "executive summary" here]

 

Citation: Your Name. "Title of Report." WhatEvery1Says Project, 4Humanities.org. Date (in format of June 17, 2017). URL of report with link.

Overview of the research topic here. Include: description of the topic; of its history and current state; and of its broader research context. "Broader research context" means: identification and quick description of the relevant, contemporary field(s) of research that are interested in or intersect with this paradigm. For example, the "media impact" paradigm is actively under discussion in such areas as the journalism industry, data journalism, etc.).

 

Example of link to an endnote in notes section below (with id allowing for jumping back from the notes): <1> 

 

What the WhatEvery1Says project Can Learn

 

[Statement of relevance and limitations of the paradigm to the WE1S scoping problem. Include bullet list of practical suggestions for WE1S scoping based on the paradigm]

 

[Possible conceptual graph or visualization of selection criteria/metrics that might be adapted from the paradigm in scoping WE1S sources (as in the examples Lindsay suggested below)].

Graphs from Mark Algee-Hewitt, Sarah Allison, Marissa Gemma, Ryan Heuser, Franco Moretti, and Hannah Walser. "Canon/Archive. Large-scale Dynamics in the Literary Field." Stanford Literary Lab Pamphlet 11. January 2016. https://litlab.stanford.edu/pamphlets/:

Stanford Lit Lab Pamphlet 11, Figure 3.1Stanford Lit Lab Pamphlet 11, Figure 3.2Stanford Lit Lab Pamphlet 11, Figure 3.3

 

 

Conclusion

 

[can be practical and/or theoretical]

 

Works Cited

 

Style guide:

Books

 

Chapters in Books (including online books and collections)

 

Articles (use DOI where available)

 

Conference Proceedings

 

Other online publications

 

Online projects, software, etc.

 

Offline digital works and software

 

Blogs

 

Twitter

 

Wikipedia articles

 

Archived Web sites

 

 

Sources for Further Study

 


Notes

 

<1> Example of endnote with link in number jumping back to location in the text.

 

 


Your Name

[Short bio here, with links to your home page, etc.]