The craft of research

The craft of research / Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, Joseph Bizup, William T. FitzGerald.

"With more than three-quarters of a million copies sold since its first publication, The Craft of Research has helped generations of researchers at every level-from first-year undergraduates to advanced graduate students to research reporters in business and government-learn how to conduct effe...

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Main Authors: Booth, Wayne C. (Author), Colomb, Gregory G. (Author), Williams, Joseph M. (Author), Bizup, Joseph, 1966- (Author), FitzGerald, William T. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago [Illinois] ; London [England] : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Edition:Fourth edition.
Series:Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing.
Subjects:
Research > Methodology.
Technical writing.
Writing.
Research. > Methodology.
technical writing.
writing (processes)
General.
Writing
Research > Methodology
Technical writing
Forschung
Methodologie
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Table of Contents:
  • I. Research, researchers, and readers
  • Prologue : becoming a researcher
  • Thinking in print : the uses of research, public and private
  • Connecting with your reader : creating a role for yourself and your readers
  • II. 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
  • III. Making an argument
  • Prologue : assembling a research argument
  • Making good arguments : an overview
  • Making claims
  • Assembling reasons and evidence
  • Acknowledgments and responses
  • Warrants
  • IV. Writing your argument
  • Prologue : planning again
  • Planning and drafting
  • Organizing your argument
  • Incorporating sources
  • Communicating evidence visually
  • Introductions and conclusions
  • Revising style : telling your story clearly
  • V. Some last considerations
  • The ethics of research
  • A postscript for teachers.

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