Description |
vii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
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regular print |
Contents |
Foreword / Phyllis Franklin -- Research and Writing -- The Research Paper as a Form of Exploration -- The Research Paper as a Form of Writing -- Selecting a Topic -- Conducting Research -- The Modern Academic Library -- The Central Information System -- Reference Works -- The Online Catalog of Library Holdings -- Other Library Resources and Services -- Internet Sources -- Compiling a Working Bibliography -- Evaluating Sources -- Authorship and Authority -- Accuracy and Verifiability -- Currency -- Taking Notes -- Plagiarism -- Outlining -- Working Outline -- Thesis Statement -- Final Outline -- Writing Drafts -- Language and Style -- Guides to Writing -- The Mechanics of Writing -- Spelling -- Consistency -- Word Division -- Plurals -- Foreign Words -- Punctuation -- The Purpose of Punctuation -- Commas -- Semicolons -- Colons -- Dashes and Parentheses -- Hyphens -- Apostrophes -- Quotation Marks -- Square Brackets -- Slashes -- Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Points -- Italics (Underlining) -- Words and Letters Referred to as Words and Letters -- Foreign Words in an English Text -- Emphasis -- Names of Persons -- First and Subsequent Uses of Names -- Titles of Persons -- Names of Authors and Fictional Characters -- Numbers -- Arabic Numerals -- Use of Words or Numerals -- Commas in Numbers -- Percentages and Amounts of Money -- Dates and Times of the Day -- Inclusive Numbers -- Roman Numerals -- Titles of Works in the Research Paper -- Capitalization and Punctuation -- Underlined Titles |
Summary |
A set of conventions governing the written presentation of research papers. Also serves as a teaching tool or a classroom text |
Analysis |
Report writing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc |
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Research -- Handbooks, manuals, etc |
Notes |
First edition titled: MLA handbook for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
Subject |
Bibliographical citations -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Bibliography -- Methodology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Report writing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Report writing.
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Research -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Authorship.
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Writing -- standards.
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Writing.
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Genre/Form |
Handbook.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Author |
Achtert, Walter S.
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Modern Language Association of America.
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LC no. |
88005195 |
ISBN |
0873523792 paperback |
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