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Student's guide to writing college papers / Kate L. Turabian.
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.
Record details
- 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.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Castlegar Campus Library | LB 2369 T84 2010 (Text)
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- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2010 August #1
Here is the latest edition of a guide that "repurposes the ideas, principles, and practical wisdom" found in The Craft of Research (3rd ed., 2008) and A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (7th ed., 2007). The editors have simplified and updated many of the ideas and principles for beginning college students. Starting with an introduction ("Why Research?"), the book is divided into three parts. Part 1 ("Writing Your Paper") explains the research process, finding a question, planning an argument, taking notes, preventing plagiarism, and writing and then revising a draft. Part 2 ("Citing Sources") covers the need to cite sources and describes the three most popular citation styles in detail, and Part 3 ("Style") includes the usual rules for spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and grammar. Three appendixes include a glossary of grammatical terms, specific tips on formatting a paper, and resources for research and writing. An excellent index provides page numbers instead of the more cumbersome outline numerals. Blue boxes highlight important or helpful tips ("Verbs for Introducing a Quotation or Paraphrase"; "Write for Target Readers, Not Your Teacher"). Excellent up-to-date analogies and specific examples also make this very user-friendly. The newest MLA style is used (no URLs for material cited from the Web). However, advice about using recordable CDs (not flash drives) when using a public computer already seems outdated. Librarians will love reading that the purpose of learning to research is "finding information we can trust" and students should "watch out for Wikipedia." Instructors may appreciate online suggestions at http://www.turabian.org/turabian_instructor_guide.pdf. This guide should be in every high-school, college, and public library. Copyright 2010 Booklist Reviews.
