SELECTING A TOPIC, TAKING NOTES, ORGANIZING A DRAFT
- Menasche, Lionel. Writing a Research Paper. Revised ed. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1997.
(Uris Ref PE 1478 .M4x 1997) - A textbook designed to help English as a Second Language students write research papers. Includes a set of assignments, exercises, and answers; a glossary of writing and research items, and an index.
- Turabian, Kate L. Students' Guide for Writing College Papers. 3rd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1976.
(Uris Stacks PE 1478 .T92 S3 1976; also Olin Ref) - A well-organized guide to writing papers, from choosing the topic to writing the paper in its final form. Includes advice on collecting information, outlining, taking notes, punctuation, etc. Best known for its chapters on format in footnotes and bibliographies. Replete with examples illustrating how the general rules apply to all manner of publications and problems.
WRITING THE PAPER: STYLE AND USAGE
- Hodges, John C. and Mary E. Whitten. Harbrace College Handbook. 9th ed. New York: Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, 1982.
(Uris Stacks PE 1111 .H68 1982) - This handbook is both a comprehensive guide to good English grammar, usage, punctuation, and spelling, and a textbook containing exercises on these subjects. Arranged by subject, it includes a glossary of grammatical terms and an index.
- Strunk, William and E.B. White. The Elements of Style. 3rd ed. New York: Macmillan, 1979.
(Uris Ref PE 1421 .S92 1979) - E.B. White, who revised the original of this "little book" and who wrote the introduction to it, says that this was Will Strunk's "attempt to cut the vast tangle of English rhetoric down to size and write its rules and principles on the head of a pin". As useful today as it was when first written (1919), the Elements is an essential guide for anyone who takes the English language seriously.
THE FINAL PRODUCT: FORMAT AND DOCUMENTATION
- Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th ed. Washington: APA, 2001.
(Uris Ref BF 76.7 .P83x 2001; also Olin Ref, Mann Ref, others) - The authoritative style manual for anyone writing in the field of psychology. Its chapters discuss the content and organization of a manuscript, writing style, the American Psychological Association style, and typing, mailing and proofreading. In addition, the final chapter describes the journals of the American Psychological Association.
- Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed. New York: Modern Language Association, 2003.
(Uris Ref Z 253 .M68 2003; also Olin Ref) - This handbook is based on the MLA Style Manual and is intended as an aid for college students writing research papers. Included here is information on selecting a topic, researching the topic, note taking, the writing of footnotes and bibliographies, as well as sample pages of a research paper. Useful for the beginning researcher.
- Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 6th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.
(Uris Ref PE 1478 .T92 1996; also Olin Ref, others) - Kate Turabian's standard guide for student writers, newly revised and expanded by John Grossman and Alice Bennett. Chapters cover everything you've ever wanted to know about putting a paper together, from writing introductory chapters to formatting the bibliography.
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