The craft of research /
Booth, Wayne C.
The craft of research / - 3rd ed. - Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago, 2008. - xvii, 317 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing .
Includes bibliography (pp. 283-311) 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.
This guide to research at all levels includes an expanded discussion of the essential early stages of a research task - planning and drafting a paper. The authors have also updated their section on electronic research, emphasizing the need to distinguish between trustworthy and less reliable sources.
0226065650 9780226065656: £18.00 9780226065656 9780226065663 0226065669
Research--Methodology.
Technical writing.
001.42 / BOO
The craft of research / - 3rd ed. - Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago, 2008. - xvii, 317 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing .
Includes bibliography (pp. 283-311) 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.
This guide to research at all levels includes an expanded discussion of the essential early stages of a research task - planning and drafting a paper. The authors have also updated their section on electronic research, emphasizing the need to distinguish between trustworthy and less reliable sources.
0226065650 9780226065656: £18.00 9780226065656 9780226065663 0226065669
Research--Methodology.
Technical writing.
001.42 / BOO