MTU Cork Library Catalogue

The craft of research /

Booth, Wayne C.

The craft of research / Wayne C. Booth ... [et al.]. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1995. - xii. 294 p. : ill ; 22 cm. + pbk. - Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing .

Bibliography: (pages 265-270) and index.

I: Research, Researchers and Readers -- Prologue: Starting a Research Project -- Thinking in Print: The uses of research, public and private -- Connecting with your reader: (Re) Creating your self and your audience -- II: Asking Questions, Finding answers -- Prologue: Planning your Project -- Quick Tip: Writing in Groups -- From Topics to Questions -- From Questions to Problems -- From Questions to Sources -- Using Sources -- III: Making a claim and supporting it -- Prologue: Arguments, Drafting and Conversations -- Making good arguments: An overview -- Claims and Evidence -- Warrants -- Quick Tip: Challenging Warrants -- Qualifications -- Quick Tip: Arguments - Two common pitfalls -- IV: Preparing to draft, drafting and revising -- Prologue: Planning Again -- Quick Tip: Outlining -- Pre-Drafting and Drafting -- Communicating Evidence Visually -- Quick Tip: A consumer's guide to visiting a writing tutor -- Revising your organization and argument -- Quick Tip:Titles and Abstracts -- Revising style: Telling your story clearly -- Quick Tip: The Quickest Revision -- Introductions -- Quick Tip: First and last words -- Some last considerations.

0226065839 (v) (hbk) 0226065847 (m) (pbk)

95002295


Research--Methodology
Technical writing

001.42

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