Research Papers: A Practical Guide - Softcover

Arkin, Marian; Macheski, Cecilia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0395904560 ISBN 13: 9780395904565

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin College Div, 2000

Synopsis

Research Papers teaches essential research skills through engaging topics, interesting readings, and practical exercises. The book demystifies the research process with careful guidance and directed activities on topics of genuine interest, paying particular attention to common student troublespots. The text includes extensive instruction on electronic resources, clear explanations of MLA, APA, and CBE methods of citation, and a complete sample research paper using MLA documentation.

Each chapter leads students through one or more progressive steps in the process of writing research papers. To provide context for the exercises and avenues of potential inquiry, the book requires students to explore fascinating topics such as the Lizzie Borden murder case, the Titanic disaster, slave narratives by Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs, and Edith Wharton's trip to a Morocco harem.

About this title

About the Author

Marian Arkin (Ph.D., New York University) is professor of English at LaGuardia Community College where she is also director of the Writing Center and co-director of the Writing Across the Curriculum program. She has written and co-edited books on tutoring and literature, and she is the managing editor of Antipodes magazine.Cecilia Macheski (Ph.D., City University of New York) is a professor of English and former director of the Writing Program at LaGuardia Community College. She has held three Fulbright Senior Scholar grants and has edited and co-edited books on literature by and about women.Both Marian Arkin and Cecilia Macheski have each taught writing courses for thirty years.

Review

"The text definitely walks a beginning student through the research process and gives clear guidelines and practice exercises in a logically sequenced order." -- Review

Edition details

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin College Div
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0395904560
• ISBN 13: 9780395904565
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 318