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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.

    • Title: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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    • Variant Title:Chicago style for students and researchers
    • Author/Creator:Turabian, Kate L., author.
    • Published/Created:Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
    • Holdings

       
    • Library of Congress Subjects:Dissertations, Academic--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
      Academic writing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
    • Medical Subjects: Writing.
      Academic Dissertations as Topic.
      Handbook.
    • Genre/Form:Reference works.
      Handbooks and manuals.
    • Edition:Seventh edition.
    • Description:xviii, 466 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
    • Series:Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing.
    • Summary: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"--Title page verso.
      Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-435) and index.
    • ISBN:9780226823362 (cloth ; alk. paper)
      0226823369 (cloth ; alk. paper)
      9780226823379 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
      0226823377 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
    • 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
      Basic patterns
      Reference lists
      Parenthetical citations
      Parenthetical citations-reference list 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

      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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