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Student's guide to writing college papers / Kate L. Turabian.

Turabian, Kate L. (Author). Colomb, Gregory G. (Added Author). Williams, Joseph M. (Added Author).

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High school students, two-year college students, and university students all need to know how to write a well-reasoned, coherent research paper and for decades Kate Turabian Student Guide to Writing College Papers has helped them to develop this critical skill. In the new fourth edition of Turabian popular guide, the team behind Chicago widely respected The Craft of Research has reconceived and renewed this classic for today generation. Designed for less advanced writers than Turabian Manual of Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Seventh Edition, Gregory G. Colomb and Joseph M. Williams here introduce students to the art of defining a topic, doing high-quality research with limited resources, and writing an engaging and solid college paper.

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  • ISBN: 9780226816319 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0226816311 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: xiv 281 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: 4th ed.  rev. by Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, and the University of Chicago Press editorial staff.
  • Publisher: Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, 2010.

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What researchers do and how they think about it? -- Finding a research question -- Planning for an answer -- Finding useful sources -- Engaging sources -- Planning your argument -- Planning a first draft -- Drafting your paper -- Quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing sources -- Preventing plagiarism -- Presenting evidence in tables and figures -- Revising your draft -- Writing your final introduction and conclusion -- Revising sentences -- Learning from your returned paper -- On the spirit of research -- Citations -- Chicago style -- MLA style -- APA style -- Spelling: plurals, possessives, and hyphenation -- Punctuation -- Titles, names, and numbers.

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Castlegar Campus Library LB 2369 T84 2010 (Text)
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Preface for Teachers ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction: Why Research? 1
PART 1: WRITING YOUR PAPER 7
1 What Researchers Do and How They Think about It
11
1.1 How Experienced Researchers Think about Their Questions
11
1.2 Two Kinds of Research Questions
15
1.3 How Researchers Think about Their Answers/Arguments
17
1.4 How You Can Best Think about Your Project
22
1.5 How to Plan Your rune (No One-Draft Wonders Allowed)
24
2 Finding a Research Question
26
2.1 Questions and Topics
27
2.2 How to Choose a Topic
28
2.3 Question Your Topic
32
2.4 How to Find a Topic and Question in a Source
34
2.5 Evaluate Your Questions
38
3 Planning for an Answer
40
3.1 Propose Some Working Answers
40
3.2 Build a Storyboard to Plan and Guide Your Work
41
4 Finding Useful Sources
44
4.1 Knowing What Kinds of Sources You Need
44
4.2 Record Citation Information Fully and Accurately
49
4.3 Search for Sources Systematically
50
4.4 Evaluate Sources for Relevance and Reliability
52
5 Engaging Sources
56
5.1 Read Generously to Understand, Then Critically to Evaluate
56
5.2 Use Templates to Take Notes Systematically
57
5.3 Take Useful Notes
58
5.4 Write as You Read
60
5.5 Review Your Progress
61
5.6 How and When to Start Over
61
5.7 Manage Moments of Normal Panic
62
6 Planning Your Argument
63
6.1 What a Research Argument Is and Is Not
63
6.2 Build Your Argument Around Answers to Readers' Questions
64
6.3 Assemble the Core of Your Argument
65
6.4 Acknowledge and Respond to Readers' Points of View
68
6.5 Use Warrants if Readers Question the Relevance of Your Reasons
72
6.6 An Argument Assembled
73
7 Planning a First Draft
75
7.1 Unhelpful Plans to Avoid
75
7.2 Create a Plan That Meets Your Readers' Needs
76
8 Drafting Your Paper
83
8.1 Draft in a Way That Feels Comfortable
83
8.2 Picture Your Readers Asking Friendly Questions
84
8.3 Be Open to Surprises and Changes
84
8.4 Develop Productive Drafting Habits
85
8.5 Work through Writer's Block
86
8.6 Preparing an Oral Report
87
9 Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing Sources
89
9.1 When to Quote, Paraphrase, or Summarize
89
9.2 Creating a Fair Summary
90
9.3 Creating a Fair Paraphrase
91
9.4 Adding Quotations to Your Text
93
9.5 Introducing Quotations and Paraphrases
94
9.6 Mixing Quotation with Summary and Paraphrase
96
9.7 Interpret Complex Quotations Before You Offer Them
97
10 Preventing Plagiarism
99
10.1 Guard against Inadvertent Plagiarism
99
10.2 Take Good Notes
100
10.3 Signal Every Quotation, Even When You Cite Its Source
100
10.4 Don't Paraphrase Too Closely
101
10.5 (Almost Always) Cite a Source for Ideas Not Your Own
102
10.6 Don't Plead Ignorance, Misunderstanding, or Innocent Intentions
103
10.7 Guard against Inappropriate Assistance
103
11 Presenting Evidence in Tables and Figures
104
11.1 Choosing Verbal or Visual Representations
104
11.2 Choosing the Graphical Form That Best Achieves Your Intention
105
11.3 Designing Tables and Figures
107
12 Revising Your Draft
115
12.1 Check Your Introduction, Conclusion, and Claim
115
12.2 Make Sure the Body of Your Report Is Coherent
116
12.3 Check Your Paragraphs
118
12.4 Let Your Draft Cool, Then Paraphrase It
118
13 Writing Your Final Introduction and Conclusion
119
13.1 Draft Your Final Introduction
119
13.2 Draft Your Final Conclusion
126
13.3 Write Your Title Last
127
13.4 Preparing an Oral Report
127
14 Revising Sentences
129
14.1 Focus on the First Seven or Eight Words of a Sentence
129
14.2 Diagnose What You Read
136
14.3 Choose the Right Word
137
14.4 Polish It Off
138
15 Learning from Your Returned Paper
139
15.1 Find General Principles in Specific Comments
139
15.2 Visit Your Instructor
139
16 On the Spirit of Research
141
PART 2: CITING SOURCES 143
17 Citations
145
17.1 Why Cite Sources?
145
17.2 When You Must Cite a Source
146
17.3 Three Citation Styles
146
17.4 What to Include in a Citation
148
17.5 Collect Bibliographical Data as You Research and Draft
148
18 Chicago Style
158
18.1 Notes
160
18.2 Bibliography
173
19 MLA Style
183
19.1 When and How to Cite Sources in Your Text
184
19.2 Works Cited
187
20 APA Style
198
20.1 When and How to Cite Sources in Your Text
199
20.2 Reference List
202
PART 3: STYLE 213
21 Spelling: Plurals, Possessives, and Hyphenation
215
21.1 Spelling Basics
215
21.2 Plurals
216
21.3 Possessives
218
21.4 Hyphenated Words
220
22 Punctuation
226
22.1 Complete Sentences
227
22.2 Independent Clauses
228
22.3 Introductory Elements
230
22.4 Trailing Elements
232
22.5 Elements Internal to Clauses
233
22.6 Series and Lists
235
22.7 Quotations
238
22.8 Punctuation Don'ts
240
23 Titles, Names, and Numbers
242
23.1 Thies
242
23.2 Proper Names
245
23.3 Numbers
247
Appendix A: Formatting Your Paper 251
Appendix B: Glossary of Grammatical Terms 253
Appendix C: Resources for Research and Writing 259
Index 275

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