The modern researcher / by Jacques Barzun, Henry F. Graff.
Material type: TextPublication 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: 001.432Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Books | Namal Library Computer Science | 001.432 BAR-M 1992 6683 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 0006683 |
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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