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Writing Research Papers: A Guide to the Process (7th Edition)

Writing Research Papers: A Guide to the Process (7th Edition)
By Stephen Weidenborner, Domenick Caruso, Gary Parks

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A friendly, easy-to-use guide, Writing Research Papers walks students through every step of the research process — from finding a topic to searching the Web to formatting the final manuscript. The seventh edition is thoroughly revised to help students find and evaluate the very best sources amidst the flood of information that electronic searching makes available.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #314796 in Books
  • Published on: 2004-10-06
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Spiral-bound
  • 416 pages

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About the Author

STEPHEN WEIDENBORNER was a professor of English at Kingsborough Community College, City University of New York for over thirty years. He coauthored several other composition textbooks with DOMENICK CARUSO, also a former professor of English at Kingsborough Community College.

GARY PARKS is an English professor at Shoreline Community College, in Shoreline, Washington. He has been teaching composition, literature, and creative writing for almost 20 years. His research interests include online communication and distance learning, and he helped pioneer his college's first Web-based distance learning courses. A member of NCTE and CCC, he has given presentations at various assessment and distance learning conferences as well as at the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity. He is a contributing author to the Bedford/St. Martin's VirtuaLit Fiction site and has had short stories published in several literary magazines.

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Writing Research Papers5
This is a clearly written, straight forward description of the process of writing a research paper. I have used various other texts and this provides all the information someone new to the process will need. It takes the reader step-by-step through the process of developing a thesis, hypothesis, reviewing literature and writing the paper. The sample research papers are clearly explained and wonderful examples of successful papers. I will be using this text in my college English class, especially since it provides all the necessary information in an affordable text.

Comprehensive, yet easy to use.5
Unlike the weighty tome, "The Heath Handbook," by Mulderig, this is a much simpler, more direct book that will give you quick access to how research papers are written. If you are already an accomplished writer, and just need the details on the research paper process and APA or MLA formats, this is the book for you.

Excellent reference tool 5
This book is an asset to any student who has to write the dreaded research paper.

Chapters are logically broken down by steps in the research process - from narrowing down your thesis to printing out the final draft. Entire chapters are devoted to one topic (such as how to revise your writing and citing your works), allowing for more detailed explanations (you'll even wind up knowing the difference between MLA, ALA, and Chicago-style formats by the time you're done).

I was very nervous when just thinking about having to write my paper but when I looked at the sample essays in the back of the book I said, "I want my essay to look like theirs" and got to work.

You can't go wrong with this treasure trove! - Donna Di Giacomo