Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations

-What Research Is and How Researchers Think about It

-Defining a Project: Topic, Question, Problem, Working Hypothesis

-Finding Useful Sources

-Engaging Your Sources

-Constructing Your Argument

-Planning a First Draft

-Drafting Your Paper

-Presenting Evidence in Tables and Figures

-Revising Your Draft

-Writing Your Final Introduction and Conclusion

-Revising Sentences

-Learning from Comments on Your Paper

-Presenting Research in Alternative Forums

-On the Spirit of Research

-General Introduction to Citation Practices

-Notes-Bibilography Style: The Basic Form

-Notes-Bibilography Style: Citing Specific Types of Sources

-Author-Date Style: The Basic Form

-Author-Date Style: Citing Specific Types of Sources

-Spelling

-Punctuation

-Names, Special Terms, and Titles of Works

-Numbers

-Abbreviations

-Quotations

-Tables and Figures

-Appendix: Paper Format and Submission