The St. Martin's Pocket Guide to Research and Documentation / Edition 5

by Andrea A. Lunsford, Marcia F. Muth

Overview

Get help with research assignments across the disciplines with advice for planning, conducting, and documenting your research all in a pocket-friendly guide, The St. Martin's Pocket Guide to Research and Documentation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312661922
Publisher:	Bedford/St. Martin's
Publication date:	08/11/2011
Edition description:	Fifth Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Andrea A. Lunsford is professor of English at Stanford University and also teaches at the Bread Loaf School of English. A past chair of CCCC, she has won the major publication awards in both the CCCC and MLA. For Bedford/St. Martin's she is the author of The St. Martin's Handbook, Seventh Edition, and The Everyday Writer, Fourth Edition; The Presence of Others, Fifth Edition, and Everything's an Argument, Fifth Edition, with John Ruszkiewicz; and Everything's an Argument (with Readings), Fifth Edition, with John Ruszkiewicz and Keith Walters

Marcia F. Muth teaches, writes, and edits. She has taught first-year composition at The Ohio State University and now offers writing workshops through the School of Education at the University of Colorado at Denver. She is the author or coauthor of several composition textbooks and ancillaries, including The Bedford Guide for College Writers, Seventh Edition (Bedford/St. Martin's, 2005); Researching and Writing: A Portable Guide (Bedford/St. Martin's, 2006); and Harold D. Lasswell: An Annotated Bibliography. Her various projects as a writer and editor have included many grant proposals, textbooks, reports, and other publications.

Table of Contents

1 Preparing for a Research Project 
Narrowing a Topic 
Determining What You Know 
Preliminary Research Plan 
 
2 Conducting Research  
Kinds of Sources  
Using the Library to Get Started  
Finding Library Resources  
Internet Research  
 
3 Evaluating Sources and Taking Notes  
Your Working Bibliography  
Evaluating Usefulness and Credibility  
Critical Reading and Interpretation  
Synthesizing Sources  
Notes and Annotations  
 
4 Acknowledging Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism  
Which Sources to Acknowledge 
Academic Integrity and Plagiarism  
 
5 Research in the Humanities  
Resources in the Humanities  
MLA Style  
A Student Research Essay, MLA Style  
Chicago Style  
A Student Research Essay, Chicago Style  
 
6 Research in the Social Sciences  
Resources in the Social Sciences  
APA Style  
A Student Research-Based Essay, APA Style  
 
7 Research in the Natural and Physical Sciences and in Mathematics  
Resources in the Natural and Physical Sciences and in Mathematics  
CSE Style 
A Student Paper, CSE Style  
 
8 Research in the Applied Sciences  
Resources in the Applied Sciences  
AIP Style