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AUTHOR |
Booth, Wayne C. |
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TITLE |
The craft of research / Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams. |
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EDITION |
3rd ed. |
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IMPRINT |
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008. |
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DESCRIPTION |
xvii, 317 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
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SERIES |
Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing. |
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NOTE |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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CONTENT NOTE |
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. |
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SUBJECT |
Research -- Methodology. |
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SUBJECT |
Technical writing. |
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OTHER AUTHOR |
Colomb, Gregory G. |
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OTHER AUTHOR |
Williams, Joseph M. |
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ISBN |
9780226065656 (cloth : alk. paper). |
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ISBN |
9780226065663 (pbk. : alk. paper). |
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