The Modern Researcher, 6th Edition

Jacques Barzun - Columbia University

Henry F. Graff - Columbia University

ISBN-10: 0495318701  ISBN-13: 9780495318705

336 Pages   Paperbound

© 2004     Published

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Table of Contents

Part I: PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF RESEARCH.
1. Research and Report: Characteristics.
2. The ABC of Technique.
3. Finding the Facts.
4. Verification.
5. Handling Ideas.
6. Truth, Causes, And Conditions.
7. Patterns, Bias, And Revisionism.
Part II: WRITING, SPEAKING, AND PUBLISHING.
8. Organizing: Paragraph, Chapter, And Part.
9. Plain Words: The War on Jargon and Cliches.
10. Clear Sentences: Emphasis, Tone, And Rhythm.
11. The Arts of Quoting and Translating.
12. The Rules of Citing: Footnotes and Bibliography.
13. Revising for Printer and Public.
14. Modes of Presentation.