Inside Track to Academic Research, Writing & Referencing
Published on 6. May 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-4082-3698-7 (ISBN)
Description
Academic Research, Writing & Referencing will provide you with practical guidance and tips on searching for literature and referencing your sources in a scholarly manner, helping you to avoid plagiarism and to produce successful academic writing assignments whatever your course of study. With the in-depth understanding of the practice of integrating and referencing academic sources and research into your writing that this book delivers, you will be better prepared to deal with - and succeed in - the full range of writing tasks that will be expected of you over the course of your academic studies and on into your chosen career.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Harlow
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pearson Education Limited
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4082-3698-7 (9781408236987)
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Content
List of figures
List of tables
Foreword
Introduction: entering the academy
About the author
Acknowledgements
Part I: Academic integrity
Introduction to Part 1
Chapter 1: Academic integrity
Chapter 2: Avoiding plagiarism
Part 2 Research
Introduction to Part 2
Chapter 3: Locating sources
Chapter 4: Assessing sources
Chapter 5: Reading sources critically
Part 3 Writing
Introduction to Part 3
Chapter 6: Integrating sources by quoting
Chapter 7: Integrating sources by paraphrasing
Chapter 8: Integrating sources by summarising
Chapter 9: Critiquing sources
Part IV: Referencing
Introduction to Part 4
Chapter 10: The Harvard Style
Chapter 11: Academic disciplines and referencing systems
Conclusion: succeeding in the academy
Glossary
Quiz answers
List of references
Bibliography
Index
List of tables
Foreword
Introduction: entering the academy
About the author
Acknowledgements
Part I: Academic integrity
Introduction to Part 1
Chapter 1: Academic integrity
Chapter 2: Avoiding plagiarism
Part 2 Research
Introduction to Part 2
Chapter 3: Locating sources
Chapter 4: Assessing sources
Chapter 5: Reading sources critically
Part 3 Writing
Introduction to Part 3
Chapter 6: Integrating sources by quoting
Chapter 7: Integrating sources by paraphrasing
Chapter 8: Integrating sources by summarising
Chapter 9: Critiquing sources
Part IV: Referencing
Introduction to Part 4
Chapter 10: The Harvard Style
Chapter 11: Academic disciplines and referencing systems
Conclusion: succeeding in the academy
Glossary
Quiz answers
List of references
Bibliography
Index