The craft of research / Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams.
"Here's a concise, practical guide to mastering the art of research. Filled with the tested strategies and expert advice of three distinguished scholars, this book helps you plan, carry out, and report on research in any field, at any level - a term paper, a dissertation, an article, or a...
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Chicago :
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[1995]
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Table of 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.