Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Booth, Wayne C.
2. Colomb, Gregory G.
3. Williams, Joseph M.

Description

1. xv, 448 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

1. Turabian's set of guidelines to help students understand how to write, cite, and formally submit research writing.

Series statement

1. Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing

Uniform title

1. Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing.

Subject

1. Academic writing > Handbooks, manuals, etc
2. Dissertations, Academic > Handbooks, manuals, etc

Contents

1. Part I. Research and writing : from planning to production / Wayne C. Booth, Gregory C. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams. -- 1. What research is and how researchers think about it -- 2. Moving from a topic to a question to a working hypothesis -- 3. Finding useful sources -- 4. Engaging sources -- 5. Planning your argument -- 6. Planning a first draft -- 7. Drafting your report -- 8. Presenting evidence in tables and figures -- 9. Revising your draft -- 10. Writing your final introduction and conclusion -- 11. Revising sentences -- 12. Learning from your returned paper -- 13. Presenting research in alternative forums -- 14. On the spirit of research. --
2. Part II. Source citation. -- 15. General introduction to citation practices -- 16. Notes-bibliography style: the basic form -- 17. Notes-bibliography style : citing specific types of sources -- 18. Author-date style : the basic form -- 19. Author-date style : citing specific types of sources. --
3. Part III. Style. -- 20. Spelling -- 21. Punctuation -- 22. Names, special terms, and titles of works -- 23. Numbers -- 24. Abbreviations -- 25. Quotations -- 26. Tables and figures -- Appendix: Paper format and submission.

Call number

1. JFE 13-4656

Note

1. "Portions of this book have been adapted from The Craft of Research, 3rd edition, by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory C. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams, ♭1995, 2003, 2008 by The University of Chicago; and The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition, ♭2010 by The University of Chicago"--title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-433) and index.

Author

1. Turabian, Kate L.

Title

1. 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 the University of Chicago Press editorial staff.

Publisher

1. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2013.

Copyright date

1. ©2013

Edition

1. 8th edition.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing
2. Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-433) and index.

Added author

1. Booth, Wayne C.
2. Colomb, Gregory G.
3. Williams, Joseph M.

Related to

1. Booth, Wayne C. Craft of research. 3rd ed. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2008. (OCoLC)175218191.
2. Chicago manual of style. 16th ed. Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, c2010. (OCoLC)495102182.

LCCN

1. 2012036981

ISBN

1. 9780226816371 (cloth : alkaline paper)
2. 0226816370 (cloth : alkaline paper)
3. 9780226816388 (paperback : alkaline paper)
4. 0226816389 (paperback : alkaline paper)

Research call number

1. JFE 13-4656