MODERN RESEARCHER 5ED CL
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.46 (963 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0395644941 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 409 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
New sections on editing, teaching, and lecturing are included in this updated edition of the classic manual on all aspects of research and writing.
How to be a Competent Intellectual If there ever was a book that teaches you how to be a scholar in 600 pages or less, this is it. Very clearly written. And Barzun has proven many times that he has a fine mind and good judgement. Hence this book violates the witticism "Those who can't do, teach." Every serious university student of humanities or social theory should read this book carefully.. "Five Stars" according to Tony Stowe. excellent. An inspiring and heartening book for researchers. A Customer I read this book (cover to cover) in the midst of Master's thesis work. The authors' words often reassured and heartened me. I appreciated their sensitivity and thoroughness. On several projects since, I've wished I had a copy at hand. I look forward to the 2002 edition to include much more about computerized research considerations.
Patterns, Bias, And Revisionism. 6. Part I: PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF RESEARCH. Organizing: Paragraph, Chapter, And Part. . 12. 14. Research and Report: Characteristics. The ABC of Technique. 1. 3. 8. Modes of Presentation. 13. Plain Words: The War on Jargon and Cliches. 2. 4. Finding the Facts. Revising for Printer and Public. The Arts of Quoting and Translating. 7. 9. Part II: WRITING, SPEAKING, AND PUBLISHING. Handling Ideas. The Rules of Citing: Footnotes and Bibliography. 11. Truth, Causes, And Conditions. 5. Verification. Clear Sentences: Emphasis, Tone, And Rhythm. 10
They first collaborated in creating the course in historical method required of all first-year graduate students, and the material for it was and remains the core of The Modern Researcher. Henry Graff¿s latest¿almost simultaneous¿are a third edition of his classic compendium The Presidents: A Reference History and Grover Clevelan