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The Craft of Research (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, & Publishing)by Wayne C. Booth
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:With more than 400,000 copies now 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. 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. About the AuthorWayne 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. 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 is professor emeritus in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Style: Toward Clarity and Grace. Together Colomb and Williams have written 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. Table of ContentsPreface: The Aims of This Edition Our Debts I RESEARCH, RESEARCHERS, AND READERS PROLOGUE: BECOMING A RESEARCHER 1 Thinking in Print: The Uses of Research, Public and Private 1.1 What Is Research? 1.2 Why Write It Up? 1.3 Why a Formal Report? 1.4 Writing Is Thinking
2 Connecting with Your Reader: (Re)Creating Yourself and Your Readers 2.1 Creating Roles for Yourself and Your Readers 2.2 UnderstandingYour Role 2.3 Imagining Your Reader’s Role Quick Tip: A Checklist for Understanding Your Readers II ASKING QUESTIONS, FINDING ANSWERS PROLOGUE: PLANNING YOUR PROJECT – AN OVERVIEW Quick Tip: Creating a Writing Group 3 From Topics to Questions 3.1 From an Interest to a Topic 3.2 From a Broad Topic to a Focused One 3.3 From a Focused Topic to Questions 3.4 From a Question to Its Significance Quick Tip: Finding Topics 4 From Questions to a Problem 4.1 Distinguishing Practical and Research Problems 4.2 Understanding the Common Structure of Problems 4.3 Finding a Good Research Problem 4.4 Learning to Work with Problems Quick Tip: Disagreeing with Your Sources 5 From Problems to Sources 5.1 Knowing How to Use Three Kinds of Sources 5.2 Locating Sources through a Library 5.3 Locating Sources on the Internet 5.4 Evaluting Sources for Relevance and Reliability 5.5 Following Bibliographic Trails 5.6 Looking beyond Predictable Sources 5.7 Using People as Primary Sources Quick Tip: The Ethics of Using People as Sources of Data 6 Engaging Sources 6.1 Knowing What Kind of Evidence to Look For 6.2 Read Complete Bibliographical Data 6.3 Engaging Sources Actively 6.4 Using Secondary Sources to Find a Problem 6.5 Using Secondary Sources to Plan Your Argument Quick Tip: Manage Moments of Normal Anxiety III MAKING A CLAIM AND SUPPORTING IT PROLOGUE: ASSEMBLING A REASEARCH ARGUMENT 7 Making Good Arguments: An Overview 7.1 Argument as a Conversation with Readers 7.2 Supporting Your Claim 7.3 Acknowledging and Responding to Anticipated Questions and Objections 7.4 Warranting the Relevance of Your Reasons 7.5 Building a Complex Argument Out of Simple Ones 7.6 Creating an Ethos by Thickening Your Argument Quick Tip: A Common Mistake – Falling Back on What You Know 8 Claims 8.1 Determining the Kind of Claim You Should Make 8.2 Evaluating Your Claim Quick Tip: Qualifying Claims to Enhance Your Credibility 9 Reasons and Evidence 9.1 Using Reasons to Plan Your Argument 9.2 Distinguishing Evidence from Reasons 9.3 Distinguishing Evidence from Reports of It 9.4 Evaluating Evidence 10 Acknowledgments and Responses 10.1 Questioning Your Argument as Your Readers Will 10.2 Imagining Alternatives to Your Argument 10.3 Deciding What to Acknowledge 10.4 Framing Your Responses as Subordinate Arguments 10.5 The Vocabulary of Acknowledgment and Response Quick Tip: Three Predicatble Disagreements 11 Warrants 11.1 Warrants in Everyday Reasoning 11.2 Warrants in Academic Arguments 11.3 Understanding the Logic of Warrants 11.4 Testing Whether a Warrant Is Reliable 11.5 Knowing When to State a Warrant 11.6 Challenging Others' Warrants Quick Tip: Two Kinds of Arguments IV PLANNING, DRAFTING, AND REVISING PROLOGUE: PLANNING AGAIN Quick Tip: Outlining and Storyboarding 12 Planning 12.1 Avoid Three Common but Flawed Plans 12.2 Planning Your Report 13 Drafting Your Report 13.1 Draft in a Way That Feels Comfortable 13.2 Use Key Words to Keep Yourself on Track 13.3 Quote, Paraphrase, and Summarize Appropriately 13.4 Integrating Direct Quotations into Your Text 13.5 Show Readers How Evidence Is Relevant 13.6 Guard against Inadvertent Plaigarism 13.7 The Social Importance of Citing Sources 13.8 Four Common Citation Styles 13.9 Work through Procrastination and Writer's Block Quick Tip: Indicating Citations in Your Text 14 Revising Your Organization and Argument 14.1 Thinking Like a Reader 14.2 Revising the Frame of Your Report 14.3 Revising Your Argument 14.4 Revising the Organization of Your Report 14.5 Check Your Paragraphs 14.6 Let Your Draft Cool, Then Paraphrase It Quick Tip: Abstracts 15 Communicating Evidence Visually 15.1 Choosing Visual or Verbal Representations 15.2 Choosing the Most Effective Graphic 15.3 Designing Tables, Charts, and Graphs 15.4 Specific Guidlines for Tables, Bar Charts, and Line Graphs 15.5 Communicating Data Ethically 16 Introductions and Conclusions 16.1 The Common Structure of Introductions 16.2 Step 1: Establish Common Ground 16.3 Step 2: State Your Problem 16.4 Step 3: State Your Response 16.5 Setting the Right Place for Your Introduction 16.6 Writing Your Conclusion 16.7 Finding Your First Few Words 16.8 Finding Your Last Few Words Quick Tip: Titles 17 Revising Style: Telling Your Story Clearly 17.1 Judging Style 17.2 The First Two Principles of Clear Writing 17.3 A Third Principle: Old before New 17.4 Choosing between Active and Passive 17.5 A Final Principle: Complexity Last 17.6 Spit and Polish Quick Tip: The Quickest Revision Strategy V SOME LAST CONSIDERATIONS The Ethics of Research A Postscript for Teachers Appendix: Bibliographical Resources General Sources Index What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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