The modern researcher / by Jacques Barzun, Henry F. Graff.

By: Barzun, Jacques, 1907-2012Contributor(s): Graff, Henry F. (Henry Franklin), 1921-Material type: TextTextPublication details: Fort Worth : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, c1992Edition: 5th edDescription: xvii, 409 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: 0155625136 (pbk)Subject(s): Historiography | Report writingDDC classification: 001.432
Contents:
1. Research and Report: Characteristics 2. The ABC of Technique 3. The Searcher's Mind and Virtues 4. Finding the Facts 5. Verification 6. Handling Ideas 7. Truth, Causes, and Conditions 8. Pattern, Bias, and Revisionism 9. Organizing: Paragraph, Chapter, and Part 10. Plain Words: The War on Jargon and Cliches 11. Clear Sentences: Emphasis, Tone, and Rhythm 12. The Arts of Quoting and Translating 13. The Rules of Citing: Footness and Bibliography 14. Revising for Printer and Public 15 Modes of Presentation
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Includes index.

Bibliography; p. 391-393.

1. Research and Report: Characteristics
2. The ABC of Technique
3. The Searcher's Mind and Virtues
4. Finding the Facts
5. Verification
6. Handling Ideas
7. Truth, Causes, and Conditions
8. Pattern, Bias, and Revisionism
9. Organizing: Paragraph, Chapter, and Part
10. Plain Words: The War on Jargon and Cliches
11. Clear Sentences: Emphasis, Tone, and Rhythm
12. The Arts of Quoting and Translating
13. The Rules of Citing: Footness and Bibliography
14. Revising for Printer and Public
15 Modes of Presentation

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