The craft of research
"With more than three-quarters of a million copies sold since its first publication, The Craft of Research has helped generations of researchers at every level-from first-year undergraduates to advanced graduate students to research reporters in business and government-learn how to conduct effe...
| Main Author: | Booth, Wayne C., |
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| Other Authors: | Colomb, Gregory G.,, Williams, Joseph M.,, Bizup, Joseph, 1966-, FitzGerald, William T., |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Chicago :
The University of Chicago Press,
2016.
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| Physical Description: |
xvi, 316 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Edition: | Fourth edition. |
| Series: |
Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing.
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| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: |
Ebook Central Academic Complete Subscription Collection |
Table of Contents:
- I.
- Research, researchers, and readers
- Prologue : becoming a researcher
- Thinking in print : the uses of research, public and private
- Connecting with your reader : creating a role for yourself and your readers
- II.
- 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
- III.
- Making an argument
- Prologue : assembling a research argument
- Making good arguments : an overview
- Making claims
- Assembling reasons and evidence
- Acknowledgments and responses
- Warrants
- IV.
- Writing your argument
- Prologue : planning again
- Planning and drafting
- Organizing your argument
- Incorporating sources
- Communicating evidence visually
- Introductions and conclusions
- Revising style : telling your story clearly
- V.
- Some last considerations
- The ethics of research
- A postscript for teachers.