The St. Martin's Pocket Guide to Research and Documentation, is small enough to fit in a pocket but big enough to provide the reliable help students need with research assignments across the disciplines. Offering advice for planning, conducting, and documenting research, this guide includes: * annotated source maps that give step-by-step guidelines for citing print and electronic materials * advice on evaluating sources and navigating wired libraries * tips for about getting started on a research project * guidelines for avoiding plagiarism and for quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing sources * helpful lists of resource materials, both print and electronic, for over twenty-five disciplines * up-to-date documentation guidelines for MLA, Chicago, APA, CSE, and AIP styles * sample student research writing in a variety of disciplines and documentation styles
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Höhe: 177 mm
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978-0-312-66192-2 (9780312661922)
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Andrea Lunsford, is a professor of English at Stanford University, USA. She earned her B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Florida and completed her Ph.D. in English at The Ohio State University (1977). Professor Lunsford's scholarly interests include contemporary rhetorical theory, women and the history of rhetoric, collaboration and collaborative writing, current cultures of writing, intellectual property and composing, style, and technologies of writing. She has written or coauthored many books, including The St. Martin's Handbook, The Everyday Writer, EasyWriter, and Writing in Action. Marcia F. Muth teaches, writes, and edits. She has taught first-year writing at The Ohio State University and other introductory courses at St. Peter's College (Englewood Cliffs). She is the author or coauthor of many composition textbooks and ancillaries, and continues to learn how to write clearly and effectively from her students, editors, reviewers, and writing colleagues.
1 Preparing for a Research Project Narrowing a Topic Determining What You Know Preliminary Research Plan 2 Conducting Research Kinds of Sources Using the Library to Get Started Finding Library Resources Internet Research 3 Evaluating Sources and Taking Notes Your Working Bibliography Evaluating Usefulness and Credibility Critical Reading and Interpretation Synthesizing Sources Notes and Annotations 4 Acknowledging Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism Which Sources to Acknowledge Academic Integrity and Plagiarism 5 Research in the Humanities Resources in the Humanities MLA Style A Student Research Essay, MLA Style Chicago Style A Student Research Essay, Chicago Style 6 Research in the Social Sciences Resources in the Social Sciences APA Style A Student Research-Based Essay, APA Style 7 Research in the Natural and Physical Sciences and in Mathematics Resources in the Natural and Physical Sciences and in Mathematics CSE Style A Student Paper, CSE Style 8 Research in the Applied Sciences Resources in the Applied Sciences AIP Style
