The craft of research /

Booth, Wayne C.

The craft of research / Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams. - 3rd ed. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2008. - xvii, 317 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. - Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research, researchers, and readers -- Prologue: Becoming a researcher -- Thinking in print: Uses of research, public and private -- Connecting with your reader: (Re-)creating yourself and your audience -- Asking questions, finding answers -- Prologue: Planning your project - an overview -- From topics to questions -- From questions to a problem -- From problems to sources -- Engaging sources -- Making a claim and supporting it -- Prologue: Assembling a research argument -- Making good arguments: Overview -- Making claims -- Assembling reasons and evidence -- Acknowledgments and responses -- Warrants -- Planning, drafting, and revising -- Prologue: Planning again -- Planning -- Drafting your report -- Revising your organization and argument -- Communicating evidence visually -- Introductions and conclusions-- Revising style: Telling your story clearly -- Some last considerations.

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Research--Methodology.
Technical writing.

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