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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.

By: Series: Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishingChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007Edition: 7th edDescription: xviii, 466 p. : ill. ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780226823362 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226823369 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780226823379 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0226823377 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LB2369 .T8 2007
Partial contents:
pt. 1. research and writing from planning to production. What research is and how researchers think about it -- Moving from a topic to a question to a working hypothesis -- Finding useful sources -- Engaging sources -- Planning your argument -- Planning a first draft -- Drafting your report -- Presenting evidence in tables and figures -- Revising your draft -- Writing your final introduction and conclusion -- Revising sentences -- Learning from your returned paper -- Presenting research in alternative forums -- On the spirit of research -- pt. 2. Source citation. General introduction to citation practices -- Notes-bibliography style: the basic form -- Notes-bibliography style: citing specific types of sources -- Parenthetical citations-reference list style: the basic form -- Parenthetical citations-reference list style: citing specific -- pt. 3. Style. Punctuation -- Names, special terms, and titles of works -- Numbers -- Abbreviations -- Quotations -- Tables and figures.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Foothills Lab LB2369 .T8 2007 1 Available Test note 50583010323933
Total holds: 0

"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"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-435) and index.

pt. 1. research and writing from planning to production. What research is and how researchers think about it -- Moving from a topic to a question to a working hypothesis -- Finding useful sources -- Engaging sources -- Planning your argument -- Planning a first draft -- Drafting your report -- Presenting evidence in tables and figures -- Revising your draft -- Writing your final introduction and conclusion -- Revising sentences -- Learning from your returned paper -- Presenting research in alternative forums -- On the spirit of research -- pt. 2. Source citation. General introduction to citation practices -- Notes-bibliography style: the basic form -- Notes-bibliography style: citing specific types of sources -- Parenthetical citations-reference list style: the basic form -- Parenthetical citations-reference list style: citing specific -- pt. 3. Style. Punctuation -- Names, special terms, and titles of works -- Numbers -- Abbreviations -- Quotations -- Tables and figures.

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