A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations · 8th Edition by Turabian, Kate L. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Copyright Contents A Note to Students Preface Part I: Research and Writing: From Planning to Production

1 What Research Is and How Researchers Think about It

1.1 How Researchers Think about Their Aims 1.2 Three Kinds of Questions That Researchers Ask

2 Moving from a Topic to a Question to a Working Hypothesis

2.1 Find a Question in Your Topic 2.2 Propose Some Working Answers 2.3 Build a Storyboard to Plan and Guide Your Work 2.4 Organize a Writing Support Group

3 Finding Useful Sources

3.1 Understand the Kinds of Sources Readers Expect You to Use 3.2 Record Your Sources Fully, Accurately, and Appropriately 3.3 Search for Sources Systematically 3.4 Evaluate Sources for Relevance and Reliability 3.5 Look beyond the Usual Kinds of References

4 Engaging Sources

4.1 Read Generously to Understand, Then Critically to Engage and Evaluate 4.2 Take Notes Systematically 4.3 Take Useful Notes 4.4 Write as You Read 4.5 Review Your Progress 4.6 Manage Moments of Normal Panic

5 Planning Your Argument

5.1 What a Research Argument Is and Is Not 5.2 Build Your Argument around Answers to Readers’ Questions 5.3 Turn Your Working Hypothesis into a Claim 5.4 Assemble the Elements of Your Argument 5.5 Distinguish Arguments Based on Evidence from Arguments Based on Warrants 5.6 Assemble an Argument

6 Planning a First Draft

6.1 Avoid Unhelpful Plans 6.2 Create a Plan That Meets Your Readers’ Needs 6.3 File Away Leftovers

7 Drafting Your Report

7.1 Draft in the Way That Feels Most Comfortable 7.2 Develop Productive Drafting Habits 7.3 Use Your Key Terms to Keep Yourself on Track 7.4 Quote, Paraphrase, and Summarize Appropriately 7.5 Integrate Quotations into Your Text 7.6 Use Footnotes and Endnotes Judiciously 7.7 Interpret Complex or Detailed Evidence Before You Offer It 7.8 Be Open to Surprises 7.9 Guard against Inadvertent Plagiarism 7.10 Guard against Inappropriate Assistance 7.11 Work Through Chronic Procrastination and Writer’s Block

8 Presenting Evidence in Tables and Figures

8.1 Choose Verbal or Visual Representations 8.2 Choose the Most Effective Graphic 8.3 Design Tables and Figures 8.4 Communicate Data Ethically

9 Revising Your Draft

9.1 Check for Blind Spots in Your Argument 9.2 Check Your Introduction, Conclusion, and Claim 9.3 Make Sure the Body of Your Report Is Coherent 9.4 Check Your Paragraphs 9.5 Let Your Draft Cool, Then Paraphrase It

10 Writing Your Final Introduction and Conclusion

10.1 Draft Your Final Introduction 10.2 Draft Your Final Conclusion 10.3 Write Your Title Last

11 Revising Sentences

11.1 Focus on the First Seven or Eight Words of a Sentence 11.2 Diagnose What You Read 11.3 Choose the Right Word 11.4 Polish It Up 11.5 Give It Up and Print It Out

12 Learning from Your Returned Paper

12.1 Find General Principles in Specific Comments 12.2 Talk to Your Instructor

13 Presenting Research in Alternative Forums

13.1 Plan Your Oral Presentation 13.2 Design Your Presentation to Be Listened To 13.3 Plan Your Poster Presentation 13.4 Plan Your Conference Proposal

14 On the Spirit of Research

Part II Source Citation

15 General Introduction to Citation Practices

15.1 Reasons for Citing Your Sources 15.2 The Requirements of Citation 15.3 Two Citation Styles 15.4 Electronic Sources 15.5 Preparation of Citations 15.6 Citation Management Software

16 Notes-Bibliography Style: The Basic Form

16.1 Basic Patterns 16.2 Bibliographies 16.3 Notes 16.4 Short Forms for Notes

17 Notes-Bibliography Style: Citing Specific Types of Sources

17.1 Books 17.2 Journal Articles 17.3 Magazine Articles 17.4 Newspaper Articles 17.5 Additional Types of Published Sources 17.6 Unpublished Sources 17.7 Websites, Blogs, Social Networks, and Discussion Groups 17.8 Sources in the Visual and Performing Arts 17.9 Public Documents 17.10 One Source Quoted in Another

18 Author-Date Style: The Basic Form

18.1 Basic Patterns 18.2 Reference Lists 18.3 Parenthetical Citations

19 Author-Date Style: Citing Specific Types of Sources

19.1 Books 19.2 Journal Articles 19.3 Magazine Articles 19.4 Newspaper Articles 19.5 Additional Types of Published Sources 19.6 Unpublished Sources 19.7 Websites, Blogs, Social Networks, and Discussion Groups 19.8 Sources in the Visual and Performing Arts 19.9 Public Documents 19.10 One Source Quoted in Another

Part III Style

20 Spelling

20.1 Plurals 20.2 Possessives 20.3 Compounds and Words Formed with Prefixes 20.4 Line Breaks

21 Punctuation

21.1 Periods 21.2 Commas 21.3 Semicolons 21.4 Colons 21.5 Question Marks 21.6 Exclamation Points 21.7 Hyphens and Dashes 21.8 Parentheses and Brackets 21.9 Slashes 21.10 Quotation Marks 21.11 Apostrophes 21.12 Multiple Punctuation Marks

22 Names, Special Terms, and Titles of Works

22.1 Names 22.2 Special Terms 22.3 Titles of Works

23 Numbers

23.1 Words or Numerals? 23.2 Plurals and Punctuation 23.3 Date Systems 23.4 Numbers Used outside the Text

24 Abbreviations

24.1 General Principles 24.2 Names and Titles 24.3 Geographical Terms 24.4 Time and Dates 24.5 Units of Measure 24.6 The Bible and Other Sacred Works 24.7 Abbreviations in Citations and Other Scholarly Contexts

25 Quotations

25.1 Quoting Accurately and Avoiding Plagiarism 25.2 Incorporating Quotations into Your Text 25.3 Modifying Quotations

26 Tables and Figures

26.1 General Issues 26.2 Tables 26.3 Figures

Appendix: Paper Format and Submission

A.1 General Format Requirements A.2 Format Requirements for Specific Elements A.3 File Preparation and Submission Requirements

Bibliography Authors Index

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