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A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations : Chicago style for students and researchers / Kate L. Turabian ; revised by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, and University of Chicago Press editorial staff.
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Turabian, Kate L.
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Language
English
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7th edition.
Published/Created
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Description
xviii, 466 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Academic writing
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Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing
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Summary note
The author's practical advice on the successful completion and submission of the student research paper is preserved in this updated new edition of the classic reference that embraces the new modes of research, writing, and source citation brought about by the Internet.
Notes
"Portions of this book have been adapted from The Craft of Research, 2nd edition, by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams, 1995, 2003 by The University of Chicago; and from The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, 1982, 1993, 2003 by The University of Chicago."
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-435) and index.
Contents
Part I. Research and writing: from planning to production / Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams. Overview of part 1
What research is and how researchers think about it
How researchers think about their aims
Three kinds of questions that researchers ask
Moving from a topic to a question to a working hypothesis
Find a question in your topic
Propose some working answers
Build a storyboard to plan and guide your work
Organize a writing support group
Finding useful sources
Understand the kinds of sources readers expect you to use
Record your sources fully, accurately, and appropriately
Search for sources systematically
Evaluate sources for relevance and reliability
Look beyond the usual kinds of references
Engaging sources
Read generously to understand, then critically to engage and evaluate --Take notes systematically --Take useful notes
Write as you read
Review your progress
Manage moments of normal panic
Planning your argument
What a research argument is and is not
Build your argument around answers to readers' questions --Turn your working hypothesis into a claim
Assemble the elements of your argument
Distinguish arguments based on evidence from arguments based on warrants
Assemble an argument
Planning a first draft
Avoid unhelpful plans
Create a plan that meets your readers' needs
File away leftovers
Drafting your report
Draft in the way that feels most comfortable
Develop productive drafting habits
Use your key terms to keep yourself on track
Quote, paraphrase, and summarize appropriately
Integrate quotations into your text
Use footnotes and endnotes judiciously
Interpret complex or detailed evidence before you offer it
Be open to surprises
Guard against inadvertent plagiarism
Guard against inappropriate assistance
Work through chronic procrastination and writer's block
Presenting evidence in tables and figures
Choose verbal or visual representations
Choose the most effective graphic
Design tables and figures
Communicate data ethically
Revising your draft
Check your introduction, conclusion, and claim
Make sure the body of your report is coherent
Check your paragraphs
Let your draft cool, then paraphrase it
Writing your final introduction and conclusion
Draft your final introduction
Draft your final conclusion
Write your title last
Revising sentences
Focus on the first seven or eight words of a sentence
Diagnose what you read
Choose the right word
Polish it off
Give it up and print it out
Learning from your returned paper
Find general principles in specific comments
Talk to your instructor
Presenting research in alternative forums
Plan your oral presentation
Design your presentation to be listened to
Plan your poster presentation
Plan your conference proposal
On the spirit of research ---- Part II. Source citation. General introduction to citation practices
Reasons for citing your sources
Requirements of citation
Two citation styles
Citation of electronic sources
Preparation of citations
Word on citation software
Notes-bibliography style: the basic form
Basic patterns
Bibliographies
Notes
Short forms for notes
Notes-bibliography style: citing specific types of sources
Books
Journal articles
Magazine articles
Newspaper articles
Additional types of published sources
Unpublished sources
Informally published electronic sources
Sources in the visual and performing arts
Public documents
One source quoted in another
Parenthetical citations-reference list style : the basic form
Reference lists
Parenthetical citations
Parenthetical citations-reference list style: citing specific types of sources
One source quoted in another ---- Part III. Style. Spelling
Plurals
Possessives
Compounds and words formed with prefixes
Line breaks
Punctuation
Period
Comma
Semicolon
Colon
Question mark
Exclamation point
Hyphen and dashes
Parentheses and brackets
Slashes
Quotation marks
Multiple punctuation marks
Names, special terms, and titles of works
Names
Special terms
Titles of works
Numbers
Words or numerals?
Plurals and punctuation
Date systems
Numbers used outside the text
Abbreviations
General principles
Names and titles
Geographical terms
Time and dates
Units of measure
Bible and other sacred works
Abbreviations in citations and other scholarly contexts
Quotations
Quoting accurately and avoiding plagiarism
Incorporating quotations into your text
Modifying quotations
Tables and figures
General issues
Tables
Figures
Appendix : Paper format and submission. General format requirements
Format requirements for specific elements
Submission requirements.
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Chicago style for students and researchers
ISBN
9780226823362 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
0226823369 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
9780226823379 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
0226823377 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2006025443
OCLC
70866962
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