Making Sense in Geography and Environmental Sciences : A Student's Guide to Research and Writing

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5th

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9780195445824

ISBN10:

0195445821

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Paperback

Pub. Date:

4/26/2012

Publisher(s):

Oxford University Press, USA

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Summary

The Making Sense series offers clear, concise guides to research and writing for students at all levels of undergraduate study. The volumes in the Making Sense series - covering humanities courses, the social sciences, life sciences, and engineering - are intended for students in anyundergraduate course with a research and writing component, but they are especially appropriate for those at the first-year level.Revisions to the fifth edition of Making Sense in Geography and Environmental Sciences: A Student's Guide to Research and Writing include updates to Chapter 2, 'Searching and Researching,' and new information on conducting research, evaluating sources, and integrating the material into written work.Dates and examples have been updated throughout the text, as have coverage of citations, sourcing materials from the internet, and plagiarism and references. Finally, the new edition features a mini-index, outlining the most common research and writing issues, on the inside front cover for quick andeasy reference.

Author Biography

Margot Northey is a specialist in communications and the former dean of the School of Business at Queen's University. David B. Knight is a geographical research and performance consultant and a former professor of geography at Carleton University and the University of Guelph. Dianne Draper is a professor of geography at the University of Calgary.

Preface	p. iv
Acknowledgements	p. vi
A Note to the Student	p. vii
Thinking and Writing	p. 1
Searching and Researching	p. 19
Writing and Reading Lecture Notes	p. 56
Writing a Report on a Book or an Article	p. 66
Writing an Essay	p. 73
Writing a Proposal, Research Paper, and Thesis	p. 93
Quotations and Documentation	p. 105
Presentations and Group Work	p. 131
Writing a Lab Report	p. 151
Writing Examinations	p. 160
Doing Field Work and Writing about It	p. 171
Illustrating Your Work	p. 184
Words: Gender, Race, and Other Sensitivities	p. 214
Writing with Style	p. 221
Grammar and Usage	p. 238
Punctuation	p. 252
Misused Words and Phrases	p. 269
Important Definitions	p. 283
Weights, Measures, and Notation	p. 311
Selected foumals of Interest to Geographers and Environmental Scientists	p. 313
Selected Websites of Interest to Geographers and Environmental Scientists	p. 317
Index	p. 322
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