shopping cart
Call us:  800-878-7323 HELP
McAfee SECURE helps keep you safe from identity theft, credit card fraud, spyware, spam, viruses and online scams.
Powell's Q&A, Q&A | June 21, 2009

All posts by Adam Schell Powell's Q&A: Adam Schell

"As a husband who often lies to his wife, or tries to (small stuff, nothing scandalous — believe me), I can tell you first-hand that no married man I know can lie effectively to his wife" Continue »


  1. $17.50 Sale Hardcover add to wish list

Ships free on qualified orders.
$11.50
List price: $17.00
TRADE PAPER, USED
Ships in 1 to 3 days
Add to Wishlist
Qty Store Section
1 Burnside Reference- Research


This title in other formats:

Other titles in the Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, & Publishing series:

  1. A Handbook of Biological Illustration
  2. A Poet's Guide to Poetry
  3. Chicago Guide to Preparing Electronic Manuscripts
  4. Cite Right: A Quick Guide to Citation Styles--MLA, APA, Chicago, the Sciences, Professions, and More (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
  5. Doing Honest Work in College 2ND Edition
  6. Doing Honest Work in College: How to Prepare Citations, Avoid Plagiarism, and Achieve Real Academic Success (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
  7. From Dissertation to Book (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
  8. Getting It Published 2ND Edition
  9. Getting It Published: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious about Serious Books (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
  10. How to Write a BA Thesis: A Practical Guide from Your First Ideas to Your Finished Paper (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
  11. Legal Writing in Plain English: A Text with Exercises (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
  12. Mapping It Out : Expository Cartography for the Humanities and Social Sciences (93 Edition)
  13. Permissions, a Survival Guide: Blunt Talk about Art as Intellectual Property (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
  14. Style : Toward Clarity and Grace (90 Edition)
  15. Tales of the Field on Writing Ethnography
  16. Telling about Society
  17. The Chicago Guide to Collaborative Ethnography (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
  18. The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
  19. The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
  20. The Chicago Guide to Writing About Numbers
  21. The Craft of Research, 2nd Edition
  22. The Craft of Translation
  23. Tricks of the Trade: How to Think about Your Research While You're Doing It (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
  24. Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
  25. Writing for Social Scientists 2ND Edition S
  26. Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)

Craft of Research 3RD Edition

by Wayne C Booth

Craft of Research 3RD Edition Cover

ISBN13: 9780226065663
ISBN10: 0226065669
Condition: Standard
All Product Details

Only 1 left in stock at $11.50!

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

With more than 200,000 copies in print, The Craft of Research is the unrivaled resource for researchers at every level, from first-year undergraduates to research reporters at corporations and government offices.

            Now, seasoned researchers and educators Gregory G. Colomb and Joseph M. Williams present an updated third edition of their classic handbook, whose first and second editions were written in collaboration with the late Wayne C. Booth. The Craft of Research explains how to build an argument that motivates readers to accept a claim; how to anticipate the reservations of readers and to respond to them appropriately; and how to create introductions and conclusions that answer that most demanding question, “So what?”

            The third edition includes an expanded discussion of the essential early stages of a research task: planning and drafting a paper. The authors have revised and fully updated their section on electronic research, emphasizing the need to distinguish between trustworthy sources (such as those found in libraries) and less reliable sources found with a quick Web search. A chapter on warrants has also been thoroughly reviewed to make this difficult subject easier for researchers.

            Throughout, the authors have preserved the amiable tone, the reliable voice, and the sense of directness that have made this book indispensable for anyone undertaking a research project.

Synopsis:

Now fully updated, this popular guide offers clear and helpful advice on how to conduct research and report it effectively. The book shows how to select a topic, create a research agenda, and how to outline a report.

About the Author

Wayne Clayson 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. Gregory G. Colomb is professor of English language and literature at the University of Virginia. He is the author of Designs on Truth: The Poetics of the Augustan Mock-Epic. Joseph M. Williams (1933–2008) was professor emeritus in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Chicago and the author of Style: Toward Clarity and Grace. Together Colomb and Williams wrote The Craft of Argument. Booth, Colomb, and Williams coedited the seventh edition of Kate L. Turabians A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780226065663
Author:
Booth, Wayne C
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press
Author:
Booth, Wayne G.
Author:
Williams, Joseph M.
Author:
Colomb, Gregory G.
Author:
Booth, Wayne C.
Subject:
Methodology
Subject:
Research -- Methodology.
Subject:
Research
Subject:
Technical Writing
Edition Description:
Paperback
Series:
Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, & Publishing
Publication Date:
May 2008
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
317
Dimensions:
8.44x5.54x.96 in. .97 lbs.

Other books you might like

  1. $6.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list
  2. $5.75 Used Hardcover add to wish list
  3. $17.00 New Trade Paper add to wish list
  4. $7.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list

    Elements of Style

    William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White
  5. $9.50 Used Trade Paper add to wish list
  6. $9.50 Used Trade Paper add to wish list

Related Aisles

  • back to top

Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.