From the Book - 9th edition.
Part I: Research and writing. What research is and how researchers think about it --
Defining a project: topic, question, problem, working hypothesis --
Finding useful sources --
Constructing your argument --
Planning a first draft --
Presenting evidence in tables and figures --
Writing your final introduction and conclusion --
Learning from comments on your paper --
Presenting research in alternative forums --
On the spirit of research --
Source citation. General introduction to citation practices --
Notes-bibliography style: the basic form --
Notes-bibliography style: citing specific types of sources --
Author-date style: the basic form --
Author-date style: citing specific types of sources --
Part III: Style. Spelling -- Punctuation --
Names, special terms, and titles of works --
Appendix: paper format and submission.
From the Book - 8th edition.
Research and writing: from planning to production / Wayne C. Booth, Gregory C. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams : What research is and how researchers think about it ; Moving from a topic to a question to a working hypothesis ; Finding useful sources ; Engaging sources ; Planning your argument ; Planning a first draft ; Drafting your report ; Presenting evidence in tables and figures ; Revising your draft ; Writing your final introduction and conclusion ; Revising sentences ; Learning from your returned paper ; Presenting research in alternative forums ; On the spirit of research
Source citation : General introduction to citation practices ; Notes-bibliography style: the basic form ; Notes-bibliography style: citing specific types of sources ; Author-date style: the basic form ; Author-date style: citing specific types of sources
Style : Spelling ; Punctuation ; Names, special terms, and titles of works ; Numbers ; Abbreviations ; Quotations ; Tables and figures
Appendix: Paper format and submission.
From the Book - 7th edition.
Part I. Research and writing: from planning to production / Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams. Overview of part 1
What research is and how researchers think about it
How researchers think about their aims
Three kinds of questions that researchers ask
Moving from a topic to a question to a working hypothesis
Find a question in your topic
Propose some working answers
Build a storyboard to plan and guide your work
Organize a writing support group
Understand the kinds of sources readers expect you to use
Record your sources fully, accurately, and appropriately
Search for sources systematically
Evaluate sources for relevance and reliability
Look beyond the usual kinds of references
Read generously to understand, then critically to engage and evaluate
Take notes systematically
Manage moments of normal panic
What a research argument is and is not
Build your argument around answers to readers' questions
Turn your working hypothesis into a claim
Assemble the elements of your argument
Distinguish arguments based on evidence from arguments based on warrants
Create a plan that meets your readers' needs
Draft in the way that feels most comfortable
Develop productive drafting habits
Use your key terms to keep yourself on track
Quote, paraphrase, and summarize appropriately
Integrate quotations into your text
Use footnotes and endnotes judiciously
Interpret complex or detailed evidence before you offer it
Guard against inadvertent plagiarism
Guard against inappropriate assistance
Work through chronic procrastination and writer's block
Presenting evidence in tables and figures
Choose verbal or visual representations
Choose the most effective graphic
Design tables and figures
Communicate data ethically
Check your introduction, conclusion, and claim
Make sure the body of your report is coherent
Let your draft cool, then paraphrase it
Writing your final introduction and conclusion
Draft your final introduction
Draft your final conclusion
Focus on the first seven or eight words of a sentence
Give it up and print it out
Learning from your returned paper
Find general principles in specific comments
Presenting research in alternative forums
Plan your oral presentation
Design your presentation to be listened to
Plan your poster presentation
Plan your conference proposal
On the spirit of research
Part II. Source citation. General introduction to citation practices
Reasons for citing your sources
Citation of electronic sources
Word on citation software
Notes-bibliography style: the basic form
Notes-bibliography style: citing specific types of sources
Additional types of published sources
Informally published electronic sources
Sources in the visual and performing arts
One source quoted in another
Parenthetical citations-reference list style : the basic form
Parenthetical citations-reference list style: citing specific types of sources
Additional types of published sources
Informally published electronic sources
Sources in the visual and performing arts
One source quoted in another
Part III. Style. Spelling
Compounds and words formed with prefixes
Multiple punctuation marks
Names, special terms, and titles of works
Numbers used outside the text
Bible and other sacred works
Abbreviations in citations and other scholarly contexts
Quoting accurately and avoiding plagiarism
Incorporating quotations into your text
Appendix : Paper format and submission. General format requirements
Format requirements for specific elements
