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The craft of research / Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, Joseph Bizup, William T. FitzGerald.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishingPublisher: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2016Edition: 3rd editionDescription: xvii, 317 p. : ill. ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0226065669
  • 9780226065663
  • 9780226065656 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • W 20.5 B725c 2008
Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface: The Aims of This Edition: xi Our Debts: xv I. Research, Researchers, and Readers: 1 1. Thinking in Print: The Uses of Research, Public and Private: 9 2. Connecting with Your Reader: Creating a Role for Yourself and Your Readers: 16 II. Asking Questions, Finding Answers: 27 3. From Topics to Questions: 33 4. From Questions to a Problem: 49 5. From Problems to Sources: 65 6. Engaging Sources: 85 III. Making an Argument: 105 7. Making Good Arguments: An Overview: 110 8. Making Claims: 122 9. Assembling Reasons and Evidence: 132 10. Acknowledgments and Responses: 141 11. Warrants: 155 IV. Writing Your Argument: 173 12. Planning and Drafting: 177 13. Organizing Your Argument: 189 14. Incorporating Sources: 200 15. Communicating Evidence Visually: 214 16. Introductions and Conclusions: 232 17. Revising Style: Telling Your Story Clearly: 248 V. Some Last Considerations: 269 The Ethics of Research: 271 A Postscript for Teachers: 275 Appendix: Bibliographical Resources: 281 Index: 313 Includes bibliographical references and index.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface: The Aims of This Edition: xi

Our Debts: xv

I. Research, Researchers, and Readers: 1

1. Thinking in Print: The Uses of Research, Public and Private: 9

2. Connecting with Your Reader: Creating a Role for Yourself and Your Readers: 16

II. Asking Questions, Finding Answers: 27

3. From Topics to Questions: 33

4. From Questions to a Problem: 49

5. From Problems to Sources: 65

6. Engaging Sources: 85

III. Making an Argument: 105

7. Making Good Arguments: An Overview: 110

8. Making Claims: 122

9. Assembling Reasons and Evidence: 132

10. Acknowledgments and Responses: 141

11. Warrants: 155

IV. Writing Your Argument: 173

12. Planning and Drafting: 177

13. Organizing Your Argument: 189

14. Incorporating Sources: 200

15. Communicating Evidence Visually: 214

16. Introductions and Conclusions: 232

17. Revising Style: Telling Your Story Clearly: 248

V. Some Last Considerations: 269

The Ethics of Research: 271

A Postscript for Teachers: 275

Appendix: Bibliographical Resources: 281

Index: 313


Includes bibliographical references and index.

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