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The modern researcher

Jacques Barzun and Henry F. Graff

Thomson/Wadsworth, c2004

6th ed

  • : [hbk.]
  • : [pbk.]

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Pbk. published: Wadsworth Cengage Learning

"The classic work on research and writing--completely updated for the Internet age"--Cover

1 folded card (free passcode to InfoTrac college edition) inserted

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: [hbk.] ISBN 9780155055292

Description

A previous edition is cited in Book for College Libraries, 3rd ed. Appropriate for students as well as professional writers, this textbook outlines techniques for researching a subject and assembling the components of a report. The sixth edition includes updated discussion of the internet and the li
Volume

: [pbk.] ISBN 9780495318705

Description

This classic introduction to the techniques of research and the art of expression is used widely in history courses, but is also appropriate for writing and research methods courses in other departments. Barzun and Graff thoroughly cover every aspect of research, from the selection of a topic through the gathering, analysis, writing, revision, and publication of findings presenting the process not as a set of rules but through actual cases that put the subtleties of research in a useful context. Part One covers the principles and methods of research; Part Two covers writing, speaking, and getting one's work published.

Table of Contents

Part I: PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF RESEARCH. 1. Research and Report: Characteristics. 2. The ABC of Technique. 3. Finding the Facts. 4. Verification. 5. Handling Ideas. 6. Truth, Causes, And Conditions. 7. Patterns, Bias, And Revisionism. Part II: WRITING, SPEAKING, AND PUBLISHING. 8. Organizing: Paragraph, Chapter, And Part. 9. Plain Words: The War on Jargon and Cliches. 10. Clear Sentences: Emphasis, Tone, And Rhythm. 11. The Arts of Quoting and Translating. 12. The Rules of Citing: Footnotes and Bibliography. 13. Revising for Printer and Public. 14. Modes of Presentation.

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  • NCID
    BA79796891
  • ISBN
    • 0155055291
    • 9780495318705
  • LCCN
    2003107688
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Belmont, Calif.
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiii, 322 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
  • Classification
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