The Academic Writer's Handbook

by Rosen, Leonard J.

• ISBN13: 9780321338310
• ISBN10: 0321338316
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Spiral Bound
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

With its unique focus on source-based writing and writing across the curriculum, The Academic Writerrs"s Handbook contains all the features of a traditional handbook combined with the tools students need in order to read, write, and conduct research in the disciplines.

Table of Contents

The Writing Process

What Is Academic Writing?

Preparing to Write

Beginning with an Assignment

Generating Ideas and Information

Selecting, Organizing, and Expanding Information

Writing a Working Thesis and a First Draft

Writing a Working Thesis

Writing a First Draft

Sample Student Paper: First Draft

Revising the Paper

Global Revision: Bringing your Main Ideas into Focus

Section-Level Revision: Developing your Main Idea

Sentence-Level Revision

Responding to Editorial Advice from Peers and Instructors

Sample Student Paper: Final Draft "Teenagers and Smoking: How Can We Stop the Cycle?"

Focusing on Paragraphs

Unity: Giving your Paragraph a Controlling Idea and Sticking to It

Coherence: Moving from Sentence to Sentence with a Plan

Developing the Content of Paragraphs

Writing and Revising Introductions and Conclusions

Document Design

Text and Document Design

Formatting Basics

Images and Document Design

The Importance of Document Design

Working with Individual Sources

Understanding and Evaluating Print Sources

Understanding Print Sources

Evaluating Print Sources

Example Evaluation

Reading Sources Carefully

Understanding and Evaluating Web Sites and Images

Understanding Web Sites

Evaluating Web Sites

Understanding Images

Evaluating Images

Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Quoting Sources

Referring to Sources

Summarizing and Paraphrasing Sources

Quoting Sources

Altering Quotations

Weaving Summaries, Paraphrases, and Quotations into your Paragraphs

Avoiding Plagiarism

Citing Sources

Causes of Plagiarism

Rules for Avoiding Plagiarism

Determining Common Knowledge

Plagiarism and the Internet

Collaborating, Editing, and Plagiarism

Research: Locating and Synthesizing Multiple Sources

The Research Process

Defining the Task: Topic, Purpose, and Audience

Identifying Your Research Question

Generating a Plan for Research

Devising a Working Thesis and Writing a Draft

Record Keeping

Creating a Working Bibliography

Locating Print and Electronic Sources

Reviewing Sources for Preliminary Research and Reading

Focusing Your Research: Print Sources and Interviews

Locating Electronic Sources

URLs for Researchers

Bringing Your Research to an End

Synthesizing Sources

Understanding Your Purpose for Synthesizing Sources

Creating an Index to Your Sources

Building the Paper by Working with Your Index

Demonstration Synthesis: Did Walt Disney Create a Monster on Main Street?

Sources for the Paper

Mla Documentation

Using the MLA System of Documentation

Quick Index-MLA Documentation Basics

Parenthetical Text Citations

Works Cited Models

APA, CMS, CSE Documentation

Using the APA, CMS, and CSE Systems of Documentation

Using the APA System of Documentation

Quick Index-APA Documentation Basics

Parenthetical Text Citations

References

Using the CMS System of Documentation

First and Subsequent References in CMS Notes

CMS Note Style

Using the CSE System of Documentation

In-Text Citations in the CSE Format

Entries in the CSE References List

Writing in the Disciplines

Writing in the Humanities

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