Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Booth, Wayne C.

Publication

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Colomb, Gregory G
• Williams, Joseph M
• Bizup, Joseph, 1966-
• FitzGerald, William T

Series Statement

Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing

Uniform Title

Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing.

Subject

• Research > Methodology
• Technical writing

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN

• 9780226239569
• 022623956X
• 9780226239736
• 022623973X
• 9780226239873 (canceled/invalid)
• 022623987X (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• 2016000143
• 99988301600
• 12595076
• 99975204371

OCLC

• ocn934432748
• 934432748
• SCSB-14085087

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries