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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1995.Description: xii, 294 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0226065839 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226065847 (paper : alk. paper)
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Contents:
Research, researchers, and readers. Starting a research project -- Thinking in print: the uses of research, public and private -- Connecting with your reader: (re)creating your self and your audience -- Asking questions, finding answers. Planning your project -- From topics to questions -- From questions to problems -- From questions to sources -- Using sources -- Making a claim and supporting it. Arguments, drafting, and conversations -- Making good arguments: an overview -- Claims and evidence -- Warrants -- Qualifications -- Preparing to draft, drafting, and revising. Planning again -- Pre-drafting and drafting -- Communicating evidence visually -- Revising your organization and argument -- Revising style: telling your story clearly -- Introductions -- Some last considerations. Research and ethics -- A postscript for teachers -- A bibliographical essay -- An appendix on finding sources.
Item type: Ordinary Loan Books
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Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Research, researchers, and readers. Starting a research project -- Thinking in print: the uses of research, public and private -- Connecting with your reader: (re)creating your self and your audience -- Asking questions, finding answers. Planning your project -- From topics to questions -- From questions to problems -- From questions to sources -- Using sources -- Making a claim and supporting it. Arguments, drafting, and conversations -- Making good arguments: an overview -- Claims and evidence -- Warrants -- Qualifications -- Preparing to draft, drafting, and revising. Planning again -- Pre-drafting and drafting -- Communicating evidence visually -- Revising your organization and argument -- Revising style: telling your story clearly -- Introductions -- Some last considerations. Research and ethics -- A postscript for teachers -- A bibliographical essay -- An appendix on finding sources.

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