Form and Style: Research Papers, Reports, Theses - Softcover

Slade, Carole; Campbell, William; Ballou, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0395676584 ISBN 13: 9780395676585

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Academic), 1994

Synopsis

This classic introductory text is well known for its solid guidance in the writing, documenting, and formatting of research papers, reports, theses, and dissertations. Form and Style's comprehensive coverage of the research process ranges from choosing a topic and preparing a draft to documenting sources and preparing a bibliography. The text provides models and explanations for four document styles: Chicago Manual of Style (CMS), Modern Language Association (MLA), American Psychological Association (APA), and Columbia Guide to Online Style (CGOS). The Twelfth Edition features the latest information on documentation styles, using computers and the Internet, and online sources and the research process.

About this title

Synopsis

This book provides practical guidance for student writers of all types of research papers. This new edition features separate chapters for and expanded coverage of the "Chicago Manual of Style", Modern Language Association of America (MLA), and American Psychological Association (APA) systems. The clarity, coverage and easy-to-use format make this book suitable as either an instructional or independent reference text in a wide variety of courses. Most research manuals assume that students have mastered the research process, when in fact even many advanced students need a review of the basics. Most writing texts give little attention to the requirements of academic inquiry. This book aims to address both needs by offering succinct, clear explanations of the basic processes of research and writing, integrated with a scholarly, rigorous approach to issues such as evidence, quotation and citation of sources.

About the Author

Robert Perrin (Ph.D., University of Illinois -- Champaign/Urbana) is Chairperson of the Department of English at Indiana State University; he previously served as Director of Writing Programs for 17 years. He has won the university's Caleb Mills Award for distinguished teaching and the Theodore Dreiser Award for distinguished research, as well as the College of Arts and Sciences' Distinguished Professor award. He has published numerous articles on composition and teaching as well as seven textbooks and research guides, including THE BEACON HANDBOOK (six editions) and HANDBOOK FOR COLLEGE RESEARCH (four editions).

Edition details

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Academic)
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0395676584
• ISBN 13: 9780395676585
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 320