A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations : Chicago Style for students and researchers /
Kate L. Turabian ; revised by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, Joseph Bizup, William T. FitzGerald, and the University of Chicago Press editorial staff.
- 9th edition.
- Chicago ; The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
- xv, 462 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing .
- Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-446) and index.
Contents A Note to Students Preface Part I. Research and Writing / Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, Joseph Bizup, and William T. FitzGerald Overview of Part I 1.1 What Research Is 1.2 How Researchers Think about Their Aims 1.3 Conversing with Your Readers 2. Defining a Project: Topic, Question, Problem, Working Hypothesis 2.1 Find a Question in Your Topic 2.2 Understanding Research Problems 2.3 Propose a Working Hypothesis 2.4 Build a Storyboard to Plan and Guide Your Work 2.5 Join or Organize a Writing Group 3. Finding Useful Sources 3.1 Three Kinds of Sources and Their Uses 3.2 Search for Sources Systematically 3.3 Evaluate Sources for Relevance and Reliability 3.5 Record Your Sources Fully, Accurately, and Appropriately 4. Engaging Your Sources 4.1 Read Generously to Understand, Then Critically to Engage 4.2 Take Notes Systematically 4.3 Take Useful Notes 4.4 Review Your Progress 4.5 Manage Moments of Normal Anxiety 5. Constructing Your Argument 5.1 What a Research Argument Is and Is Not 5.3 Turn Your Working Hypothesis into a Claim 5.4 Assemble the Elements of Your Argument 5.5 Prefer Arguments Based on Evidence to Arguments Based on Warrants 5.6 Assemble an Argument 6.1 Avoid Unhelpful Plans 6.2 Create a Plan That Meets Your Readers' Needs 6.3 File Away Leftovers 7. Drafting Your Paper 7.2 Develop Effective Writing Habits 7.4 Quote, Paraphrase, and Summarize Appropriately 7.5 Integrate Quotations into Your Text 7.6 Use Footnotes and Endnotes Judiciously 7.8 Be Open to Surprises 7.9 Guard against Inadvertent Plagiarism 7.10 Guard against Inappropriate Assistance 7.11 Work Through Chronic Procrastination and Writer's Block 8.1 Choose Verbal or Visual Representations of Your Data 8.2 Choose the Most Effective Graphic 8.3 Design Tables and Figures 8.4 Communicate Data Ethically 9. Revising Your Draft 9.3 Make Sure the Body of Your Report Is Coherent 9.5 Let Your Draft Cool, Then Paraphrase It 10. Writing Your Final Introduction and Conclusion 10.1 Draft Your Final Introduction 10.2 Draft Your Final Conclusion 10.3 Write Your Title Last 11. Revising Sentences 11.1 Focus on the First Seven or Eight Words of a Sentence 11.2 Diagnose What You Read 11.3 Choose the Right Word 11.5 Give It Up and Turn It In 12.1 Two Kinds of Feedback: Advice and Data 12.2 Find General Principles in Specific Comments 12.3 Talk with Your Reader 13.1 Plan Your Oral Presentation 13.2 Design Your Presentation to Be Listened To 13.3 Plan Your Poster Presentation 13.4 Plan Your Conference Proposal 14. On the Spirit of Research Part II. Source Citation 15.1 Reasons for Citing Your Sources 15.2 The Requirements of Citation 15.3 Two Citation Styles 15.4 Electronic Sources 15.5 Preparation of Citations 15.6 Citation Management Tools 16. Notes-Bibliography Style: The Basic Form 16.1 Basic Patterns 16.2 Bibliographies 16.3 Notes 16.4 Short Forms for Notes 17. Notes-Bibliography Style: Citing Specific Types of Sources 17.1 Books 17.2 Journal Articles 17.3 Magazine Articles 17.4 Newspaper Articles 17.5 Websites, Blogs, and Social Media 17.6 Interviews and Personal Communications 17.7 Papers, Lectures, and Manuscript Collections 17.8 Older Works and Sacred Works 17.9 Reference Works and Secondary Citations 17.10 Sources in the Visual and Performing Arts 17.11 Public Documents 18. Author-Date Style: The Basic Form 18.1 Basic Patterns 18.2 Reference Lists 18.3 Parenthetical Citations 19. Author-Date Style: Citing Specific Types of Sources 19.1 Books 19.2 Journal Articles 19.3 Magazine Articles 19.4 Newspaper Articles 19.5 Websites, Blogs, and Social Media 19.6 Interviews and Personal Communications 19.7 Papers, Lectures, and Manuscript Collections 19.8 Older Works and Sacred Works 19.9 Reference Works and Secondary Citations 19.10 Sources in the Visual and Performing Arts 19.11 Public Documents Part III. Style 20. Spelling 20.1 Plurals 20.2 Possessives 20.3 Compounds and Words Formed with Prefixes 20.4 Line Breaks 21. Punctuation 21.1 Periods 21.2 Commas 21.3 Semicolons 21.4 Colons 21.7 Hyphens and Dashes 21.9 Slashes 21.12 Multiple Punctuation Marks 22.1 Names 22.2 Special Terms 22.3 Titles of Works 23. Numbers 23.1 Words or Numerals? 23.2 Plurals and Punctuation 23.3 Date Systems 23.4 Numbers Used outside the Text 24. Abbreviations 24.1 General Principles 24.2 Names and Titles 24.3 Geographical Terms 24.4 Time and Dates 24.6 The Bible and Other Sacred Works 24.7 Abbreviations in Citations and Other Scholarly Contexts 25. Quotations 25.2 Incorporating Quotations into Your Text 25.3 Modifying Quotations 26. Tables and Figures 26.1 General Issues 26.2 Tables 26.3 Figures A.1 General Format Requirements A.2 Format Requirements for Specific Elements Appendix: Paper Format and Submission A.3 File Preparation and Submission Requirements Bibliography Authors Index. "This new edition of the classic reference work on writing research papers recognizes recent developments in information literacy--including finding, evaluating, and citing a wide range of digital sources--and the evolving use of software for citation management, graphics, and paper format and submission while continuing to reflect best practices for research and writing, as adapted from the most recent editions of The Craft of Research and The Chicago Manual of Style."--Provided by publisher.