A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Ninth Edition: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers

A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Ninth Edition: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers

A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Ninth Edition: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers

A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Ninth Edition: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers

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Overview

When Kate L. Turabian first put her famous guidelines to paper, she could hardly have imagined the world in which today’s students would be conducting research. Yet while the ways in which we research and compose papers may have changed, the fundamentals remain the same: writers need to have a strong research question, construct an evidence-based argument, cite their sources, and structure their work in a logical way. A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations—also known as “Turabian”—remains one of the most popular books for writers because of its timeless focus on achieving these goals.

This new edition filters decades of expertise into modern standards. While previous editions incorporated digital forms of research and writing, this edition goes even further to build information literacy, recognizing that most students will be doing their work largely or entirely online and on screens. Chapters include updated advice on finding, evaluating, and citing a wide range of digital sources and also recognize the evolving use of software for citation management, graphics, and paper format and submission. The ninth edition is fully aligned with the recently released Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition, as well as with the latest edition of The Craft of Research.

Teachers and users of the previous editions will recognize the familiar three-part structure. Part 1 covers every step of the research and writing process, including drafting and revising. Part 2 offers a comprehensive guide to Chicago’s two methods of source citation: notes-bibliography and author-date. Part 3 gets into matters of editorial style and the correct way to present quotations and visual material.  A Manual for Writers also covers an issue familiar to writers of all levels: how to conquer the fear of tackling a major writing project.

Through eight decades and millions of copies, A Manual for Writers has helped generations shape their ideas into compelling research papers. This new edition will continue to be the gold standard for college and graduate students in virtually all academic disciplines.
  • Bestselling, trusted, and time-tested advice for writing research papers
  • The best interpretation of Chicago style for higher education students and researchers
  • Definitive, clear, and easy to read, with plenty of examples
  • Shows how to compose a strong research question, construct an evidence-based argument, cite sources, and structure work in a logical way
  • Essential for anyone interested in learning about research
  • Everything any student or teacher needs to know concerning paper writing

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780226430577
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 04/16/2018
Series: Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
Edition description: Ninth Edition
Pages: 464
Sales rank: 39,041
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Wayne C. Booth (1921–2005) was the George M. Pullman Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in English Language and Literature at the University of Chicago.  His many books include The Rhetoric of Fiction and For the Love of It: Amateuring and Its Rivals, both published by the University of Chicago Press.

Joseph M. Williams (1933–2008) was professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Chicago and the author of Style: Toward Clarity and Grace. He is also coauthor, with Wayne C. Booth and Gregory G. Colomb, of the best-selling guide The Craft of Research, also published by the University of Chicago Press.


Joseph Bizup is associate professor in the Department of English at Boston University. He revised the last three editions of Williams’s Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace.
 


William T. FitzGerald is associate professor in the Department of English and Communication at Rutgers University-Camden and has published widely on writing and research, the rhetoric of prayer, and style.


The University of Chicago Press Editorial Staff represents the collective judgment of Press editors past and present, going back to 1892.
 

Table of Contents

A Note to Students xi

Preface xiii

Part I Research and Writing Wayne C. Booth Gregory G. Colomb Joseph M. Williams Joseph Bizup William T. FitzGerald

Overview of Part I 3

1 What Research Is and How Researchers Think about It 5

1.1 What Research Is

1.2 How Researchers Think about Their Aims

1.3 Conversing with Your Readers

2 Defining a Project: Topic, Question, Problem, Working Hypothesis 10

2.1 Find a Question in Your Topic

2.2 Understanding Research Problems

2.3 Propose a Working Hypothesis

2.4 Build a Storyboard to Plan and Guide Your Work

2.5 Join or Organize a Writing Group

3 Finding Useful Sources 25

3.1 Three Kinds of Sources and Their Uses

3.2 Search for Sources Systematically

3.3 Evaluate Sources for Relevance and Reliability

3.4 Look beyond the Usual Kinds of References

3.5 Record Your Sources Fully, Accurately, and Appropriately

4 Engaging Your Sources 38

4.1 Read Generously to Understand, Then Critically to Engage

4.2 Take Notes Systematically

4.3 Take Useful Notes

4.4 Review Your Progress

4.5 Manage Moments of Normal Anxiety

5 Constructing Your Argument 51

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 Prefer Arguments Based on Evidence to Arguments Based on Warrants

5.6 Assemble an Argument

6 Planning a First Draft 66

6.1 Avoid Unhelpful Plans

6.2 Create a Plan That Meets Your Readers' Needs

6.3 File Away Leftovers

7 Drafting Your Paper 75

7.1 Draft in the Way That Feels Most Comfortable

7.2 Develop Effective Writing Habits

7.3 Keep Yourself on Track through Headings and Key Terms

7.4 Quote, Paraphrase, and Summarize Appropriately

7.5 Integrate Quotations into Your Text

7.6 Use Footnotes and Endnotes Judiciously

7.7 Show How Complex or Detailed Evidence Is Relevant

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 86

8.1 Choose Verbal or Visual Representations of Your Data

8.2 Choose the Most Effective Graphic

8.3 Design Tables and Figures

8.4 Communicate Data Ethically

9 Revising Your Draft 102

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 106

10.1 Draft Your Final Introduction

10.2 Draft Your Final Conclusion

10.3 Write Your Title Last

11 Revising Sentences 113

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 Turn It In

12 Learning from Comments on Your Paper 124

12.1 Two Kinds of Feedback; Advice and Data

12.2 Find General Principles in Specific Comments

12.3 Talk with Your Reader

13 Presenting Research in Alternative Forums 127

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 134

Part II Source Citation

15 General Introduction to Citation Practices 139

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 Tools

16 Notes-Bibliography Style: The Basic Form 149

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 169

17.1 Books

17.2 Journal Articles

17.3 Magazine Articles

17.4 Newspaper Articles

17.5 Websites, Blogs, and Social Media

17.6 Interviews and Personal Communications

17.7 Papers, Lectures, and Manuscript Collections

17.8 Older Works and Sacred Works

17.9 Reference Works and Secondary Citations

17.10 Sources in the Visual and Performing Arts

17.11 Public Documents

18 Author-Data Style: The Basic Form 223

18.1 Basic Patterns

18.2 Reference Lists

18.3 Parenthetical Citations

19 Author-Data Style: Citing Specific Types of Sources 236

19.1 Books

19.2 Journal Articles

19.3 Magazine Articles

19.4 Newspaper Articles

19.5 Websites, Blogs, and Social Media

19.6 Interviews and Personal Communications

19.7 Papers, Lectures, and Manuscript Collections

19.8 Older Works and Sacred Works

19.9 Reference Works and Secondary Citations

19.10 Sources in the Visual and Performing Arts

19.11 Public Documents

Part III Style

20 Spelling 293

20.1 Plurals

20.2 Possessives

20.3 Compounds and Words Formed with Prefixes

20.4 Line Breaks

21 Punctuation 305

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 319

22.1 Names

22.2 SpecialTerms

22.3 Titles of Works

23 Numbers 329

23.1 Words or Numerals?

23.2 Plurals and Punctuation

23.3 Date Systems

23.4 Numbers Used outside the Text

24 Abbreviations 342

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 358

25.1 Quoting Accurately and Avoiding Plagiarism

25.2 Incorporating Quotations into Your Text

25.3 Modifying Quotations

26 Tables and Figures 370

26.1 General Issues

26.2 Tables

26.3 Figures

Appendix: Paper Format and Submission 393

A.1 General Format Requirements

A.2 Format Requirements for Specific Elements

A.3 File Preparation and Submission Requirements

Bibliography 421

Authors 447

Index 449

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