The Craft of Research, Fourth Edition

Author: Wayne C. Booth
Secondary Author: Gregory G. Colomb
ISBN: 9780226239736

With more than three-quarters of a million copies sold since its first publication, The Craft of Research has helped generations of researchers at every level—from first-year undergraduates to advanced graduate students to research reporters in business and government—learn how to conduct effective and meaningful research. Conceived by seasoned researchers and educators Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams, this fundamental work explains how to find and evaluate sources, anticipate and respond to reader reservations, and integrate these pieces into an argument that stands up to reader critique. The fourth edition has been thoroughly but respectfully revised by Joseph Bizup and William T. FitzGerald. It retains the original five-part structure, as well as the sound advice of earlier editions, but reflects the way research and writing are taught and practiced today. Its chapters on finding and engaging sources now incorporate recent developments in library and I

Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publish Date: 2016-10-07

Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / General, Language Arts & Disciplines / Composition & Creative Writing, Reference / Writing Skills

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