Little, Brown Compact Handbook, The (book alone) - Softcover

Aaron, Jane E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0321104951 ISBN 13: 9780321104953

Publisher: Pearson, 2003

Synopsis

Concise and accessible, The Little Brown Compact Handbook helps writers find what they need and then use what they find. One of the best―selling tabbed handbooks on the market, it provides complete, authoritative coverage of writing, research and grammar, with detailed discussions of critical thinking and argument, using computers and the Internet for writing and research, the latest guidelines for citing sources correctly in MLA, APA, CMS, CSE and COS styles, and writing in the disciplines. Accompanied by the CompSolutions Plus Interactive Ebook of the text, The Little Brown Compact Handbook retains all the hallmarks that has made it a bestseller over the years while continuing to meet the needs of a new generation of writers.

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Review

"The Little, Brown Compact Handbook is the best multi-purpose handbook I've used."
―Lee Barnes, Community College of Southern Nevada

"FAQs are great! The book seems to anticipate what my students are asking!"
―Ron Heckelman, Montgomery College

"This [computers in writing and communication] section of The Little, Brown Compact Handbook is awesome. I couldn't believe the wealth of information and resources found on the website...marvelous ways to help learners take control of their learning."
―Blanche L. Sanders, Mississippi County Community College

Synopsis

The Little, Brown Compact Handbook packages the authority and currency of its best-selling parent, The Little, Brown Handbook , in a briefer book with a comb-binding and tabbed dividers. Concise and accessible, The Little Brown Compact Handbook helps writing students find what they need and then use what they find. It provides clear explanations of handbook basics-the writing process, grammar and usage, and research writing-along with coverage of critical thinking and argument, writing across the curriculum, using computers and the Internet for writing and research, and the latest guidelines for citing sources in MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE. The fifth edition builds on the handbook's best-selling features with a stronger emphasis on academic writing, new "Culture and Language" notes that encompass both ESL and dialect issues, new material on critically reading images, and thorough integration between the handbook and its vastly expanded Web site.Revamped coverage of research writing provides the latest MLA documentation guidelines, stresses the library as Web gateway, shows how to use and document subscription services, provides a case study in evaluating a Web site, and covers plagiarism more extensively in a chapter of its own.

A fully interactive CD-ROM can be packaged with the text.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0321104951
• ISBN 13: 9780321104953
• Binding: Plastic Comb
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 542