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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Chicago Guides to writing, editing, and publishingPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago press, 2016Edition: Fourth editionDescription: xvi, 317 páginas ; 23 cmContent type:
  • texto
Media type:
  • sin mediación
Carrier type:
  • volumen
ISBN:
  • 978022623956
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • Q180.55.M4 B66 2016
Contents:
I. Research, researchers, and readers -- Prologue: Becoming a researcher -- 1. Thinking in print: Uses of research, public and private -- 2. Connecting with your reader: (Re-)creating yourself and your audience -- II. Asking questions, finding answers -- Prologue: Planning your project - an overview -- 3. From topics to questions -- 4. From questions to a problem -- 5. From problems to sources -- 6. Engaging sources -- III. Makingan an argument -- Prologue: Assembling a research argument -- 7. Making good arguments: Overview -- 8. Making claims -- 9. Assembling reasons and evidence -- 10. Acknowledgments and responses -- 11. Warrants -- IV. Writing your argument -- Prologue: Planning again -- 12. Planning and Drafting -- 13. Organizing your argument -- 14. Incorporating sources -- 15. Communicating evidence visually -- 16. Introductions and conclusions -- 17. Revising style: Telling your story clearly -- V. Some last considerations.
Summary: "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 effective and meaningful research. With updated examples and information on evaluation and using contemporary sources, this beloved classic is ready for the next generation of researchers". tomado de la contraportada.
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I. Research, researchers, and readers -- Prologue: Becoming a researcher -- 1. Thinking in print: Uses of research, public and private -- 2. Connecting with your reader: (Re-)creating yourself and your audience -- II. Asking questions, finding answers -- Prologue: Planning your project - an overview -- 3. From topics to questions -- 4. From questions to a problem -- 5. From problems to sources -- 6. Engaging sources -- III. Makingan an argument -- Prologue: Assembling a research argument -- 7. Making good arguments: Overview -- 8. Making claims -- 9. Assembling reasons and evidence -- 10. Acknowledgments and responses -- 11. Warrants -- IV. Writing your argument -- Prologue: Planning again -- 12. Planning and Drafting -- 13. Organizing your argument -- 14. Incorporating sources -- 15. Communicating evidence visually -- 16. Introductions and conclusions -- 17. Revising style: Telling your story clearly -- V. Some last considerations.

"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 effective and meaningful research. With updated examples and information on evaluation and using contemporary sources, this beloved classic is ready for the next generation of researchers". tomado de la contraportada.

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