The craft of research / Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams.
By: Booth, Wayne C.
Contributor(s): Colomb, Gregory G | Williams, Joseph M.
Series: Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2008Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xvii, 317 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0226065669 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780226065663 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Research -- Methodology | Technical writingGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 001.4/2 Online resources: Table of contents only | Contributor biographical information | Publisher description| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | Q180.55.M4 B66 2008 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000001780 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research, researchers, and readers -- Prologue: Becoming a researcher -- Thinking in print: Uses of research, public and private -- Connecting with your reader: (Re-)creating yourself and your audience -- Asking questions, finding answers -- Prologue: Planning your project - an overview -- From topics to questions -- From questions to a problem -- From problems to sources -- Engaging sources -- Making a claim and supporting it -- Prologue: Assembling a research argument -- Making good arguments: Overview -- Making claims -- Assembling reasons and evidence -- Acknowledgments and responses -- Warrants -- Planning, drafting, and revising -- Prologue: Planning again -- Planning -- Drafting your report -- Revising your organization and argument -- Communicating evidence visually -- Introductions and conclusions-- Revising style: Telling your story clearly -- Some last considerations.