A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 6th Edition (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
by: Kate L. Turabian
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Newly revised to conform with the Chicago Manual ofStyle, Turabian's Manual for Writers providescomprehensive, detailed, superior guidance to writers of researchpapers. From "Parts of the Paper" (including the niceties ofcopyrights and dedications) to "Sample Layouts," everythingto do with format is covered. Mechanics of style (abbreviations toquotations) are reviewed, there's help on tables and illustrations,and chapters on bibliographies, parenthetical references, note taking,and citations. There are suggestions for manuscript preparation, hintson word-processing software, and formatting for research papers' morecomplex features. When you're up to your eyebrows in research data,it's a vast relief to have quick, accessible, reliable answers to yourquestions of structure, scholarly propriety, and academic style.--Stephanie Gold
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Newly revised to conform with the Chicago Manual ofStyle, Turabian's Manual for Writers providescomprehensive, detailed, superior guidance to writers of researchpapers. From "Parts of the Paper" (including the niceties ofcopyrights and dedications) to "Sample Layouts," everythingto do with format is covered. Mechanics of style (abbreviations toquotations) are reviewed, there's help on tables and illustrations,and chapters on bibliographies, parenthetical references, note taking,and citations. There are suggestions for manuscript preparation, hintson word-processing software, and formatting for research papers' morecomplex features. When you're up to your eyebrows in research data,it's a vast relief to have quick, accessible, reliable answers to yourquestions of structure, scholarly propriety, and academic style.--Stephanie Gold
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For close to sixty years Kate L. Turabian's Manual for Writers has offered comprehensive and detailed guidance to authors of research papers—term papers, theses, and dissertations. Now the editors of The Chicago Manual of Style have revised Turabian's Manual to bring the details of style into conformity with the fourteenth edition of The Chicago Manual. This new edition of Turabian also reflects the way students work today, taking into account the role of personal computers in the preparation and presentation of their papers.
The familiar organization of this popular book remains largely unchanged. Chapter 1 describes the parts of a long formal paper. Chapters 2-5 introduce the mechanics of writing style, from abbreviations to quotations. Chapters 6 and 7 show how to prepare and refer to tables and illustrations. The section on documentation, chapters 8-12, describes two of the most commonly used systems of citation; these chapters provide many examples including guidance on how to cite electronic documents. Chapter 13, on manuscript preparation, shows how to take advantage of word processing software to present the elements of a paper clearly and effectively. Chapter 14 offers more than two dozen sample pages illustrating ways of formatting some of the complex features found in many research papers.
Authoritative, comprehensive, easy to use, and filled with good sense, this new edition will be the standard for yet another generation of students and their teachers.
Kate Turabian (1893-1987) was dissertation secretary at the University of Chicago from 1930 to 1958. This manual and her Student's Guide for Writing College Papers made her name so well known that she has become "part of the folklore of American higher education" (Quill and Scroll).
The familiar organization of this popular book remains largely unchanged. Chapter 1 describes the parts of a long formal paper. Chapters 2-5 introduce the mechanics of writing style, from abbreviations to quotations. Chapters 6 and 7 show how to prepare and refer to tables and illustrations. The section on documentation, chapters 8-12, describes two of the most commonly used systems of citation; these chapters provide many examples including guidance on how to cite electronic documents. Chapter 13, on manuscript preparation, shows how to take advantage of word processing software to present the elements of a paper clearly and effectively. Chapter 14 offers more than two dozen sample pages illustrating ways of formatting some of the complex features found in many research papers.
Authoritative, comprehensive, easy to use, and filled with good sense, this new edition will be the standard for yet another generation of students and their teachers.
Kate Turabian (1893-1987) was dissertation secretary at the University of Chicago from 1930 to 1958. This manual and her Student's Guide for Writing College Papers made her name so well known that she has become "part of the folklore of American higher education" (Quill and Scroll).
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