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A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Ninth Edition

Chicago style for students and researchers.

Ninth Edition

Kate L. Turabian

• Bestselling, trusted, and time-tested advice for writing research papers
• The best interpretation of Chicago style for higher education students and researchers
• Definitive, clear, and easy to read, with plenty of examples
• Shows how to compose a strong research question, construct an evidence-based argument, cite sources, and structure work in a logical way
• Essential for anyone interested in learning about research
• Everything any student or teacher needs to know concerning paper writing

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About this book.

• Bestselling, trusted, and time-tested advice for writing research papers
• The best interpretation of Chicago style for higher education students and researchers
• Definitive, clear, and easy to read, with plenty of examples
• Shows how to compose a strong research question, construct an evidence-based argument, cite sources, and structure work in a logical way
• Essential for anyone interested in learning about research
• Everything any student or teacher needs to know concerning paper writing

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Table of contents.

A Note to Students

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

16.4 Short Forms for Notes

17. Notes-Bibliography Style: Citing Specific Types of Sources

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

19.2 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

22.2 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

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A MANUAL FOR WRITERS OF RESEARCH PAPERS —also known as “Turabian”—is the gold standard for college and graduate students in virtually all academic areas. An introduction to Chicago-style formatting and citation generation, the manual aids students in clear writing, citing, and research practice. At the heart of Turabian is the idea that, no matter the format, the foundations of good research remain the same: to do it carefully, present it clearly and accurately, and follow academic standards for citation, style, and format.

THE NINTH EDITION INCLUDES:

• comprehensive guidelines for formatting papers and preparing them for submission
• authoritative guidance on all matters of style
• updated to reflect The Chicago Manual of  Style , 17th edition
• thorough coverage of Chicago-style formatting and citation
• extensive guidelines on conducting research in digital environments

Writers need a strong research question, an evidence-based argument, to structure their work in a logical way, and to cite their sources. A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations , remains one of the most popular books for writers because of its timeless focus on achieving these goals. The ninth edition filters decades of expertise into modern standards. Recognizing that most students will be doing their work largely or entirely online and on screens, this new edition builds information literacy by addressing digital forms of both research and writing.

Through eight decades and millions of copies, A Manual for Writers has helped generations shape their ideas into compelling research papers. This new edition continues as the gold standard for college and graduate students in virtually all academic disciplines.

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