A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations Chicago style for students and researchers Kate L. Turabian ; revised by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, and University of Chicago Press editorial staff.

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Community of Christ Library

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pt. I. Research and writing : from planning to production/ Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams -- Overview of part I -- 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 your introduction, conclusion, and claim -- 9.2. Make sure the body of your report is coherent -- 9.3. Check your paragraphs -- 9.4. 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 off -- 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 --^^pt. 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. Citation of electronic sources -- 15.5. Preparation of citations -- 15.6. A word on citation 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. Informally published electronic sources -- 17.8. Sources in the visual and performing arts -- 17.9. Public documents -- 17.10. One source quoted in another -- 18. Parenthetical citations-reference list style : the basic form -- 18.1. Basic patterns -- 18.2. Reference lists -- 18.3. Parenthetical citations -- 19. Parenthetical citations-reference list 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. Informally published electronic sources -- 19.8. Sources in the visual and performing arts -- 19.9. Public documents -- 19.10. One source quoted in another --^^pt. 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. Period -- 21.2. Comma -- 21.3. Semicolon -- 21.4. Colon -- 21.5. Question mark -- 21.6. Exclamation point -- 21.7. Hyphen and dashes -- 21.8. Parentheses and brackets -- 21.9. Slashes -- 21.10. Quotation marks -- 21.11. 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. Submission requirements. xviii, 466 p. :ill. ;23 cm.

Publication Details

Author

Turabian, Kate L.

Place Published

City

Chicago

Date Published

2007

Publication Subjects

Dissertations, Academic--Handbooks, manuals, etc. Academic writing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Call No.

REF LB2369 .T8 2007

ISBN

9780226823362 (cloth : alk. paper), 0226823369 (cloth : alk. paper), 9780226823379 (pbk. : alk. paper), 0226823377 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2006025443

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-435) and index.