The craft of research /

by Booth, Wayne C. Series: Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing Edition statement:3rd ed. Published by : University of Chicago Press, (Chicago :) Physical details: xvii, 317 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. ISBN:9780226065656 (cloth : alk. paper); 0226065650 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780226065663 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0226065669 (pbk. : alk. paper). Year: 2008 Item type: Book
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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