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The Modern Researcher

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This classic introduction to the techniques of research and the art of expression is used widely in history courses, but is also appropriate for writing and research methods courses in other departments. Barzun and Graff thoroughly cover every aspect of research, from the selection of a topic through the gathering, analysis, writing, revision, and publication of findings presenting the process not as a set of rules but through actual cases that put the subtleties of research in a useful context. Part One covers the principles and methods of research; Part Two covers writing, speaking, and getting one's work published.

Contents :
Part I: PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF RESEARCH.
1. Research and Report: Characteristics.
2. The ABC of Technique.
3. Finding the Facts.
4. Verification.
5. Handling Ideas.
6. Truth, Causes, And Conditions.
7. Patterns, Bias, And Revisionism.
Part II: WRITING, SPEAKING, AND PUBLISHING.
8. Organizing: Paragraph, Chapter, And Part.
9. Plain Words: The War on Jargon and Cliches.
10. Clear Sentences: Emphasis, Tone, And Rhythm.
11. The Arts of Quoting and Translating.
12. The Rules of Citing: Footnotes and Bibliography.
13. Revising for Printer and Public.
14. Modes of Presentation.

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Series Title

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Call Number

001.432 BAR t

Publisher

Belmont, CA : Thomson/Wadsworth., 2004

Collation

xiii+322hlm.;16x23cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

0-495-31870-1

Classification

001.432

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Edition

6

Subject(s)

Research
Academic writing
Historiography

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