The modern researcher

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Title:

Author:

Barzun, Jacques, 1907-

ISBN:

9780155055292

9780495318705

Personal Author:

Barzun, Jacques, 1907-

Edition:

6th ed.

Publication Information:

Belmont, CA : Thomson/Wadsworth, c2004.

Physical Description:

xiii, 322 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

General Note:

"The classic work on research and writing--completely updated for the Internet age"--Cover.

Contents:

Pt. 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. Pattern, bias, and revisionism -- Pt. II. Writing, speaking, and publishing. 8. Organizing: paragraph, chapter, and part -- 9. Plain words: the war on jargon and clichés -- 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.

Subject Term:

Added Author:

Graff, Henry F. (Henry Franklin), 1921-

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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.