Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-311) and index.

Research, researchers, and readers -- Prologue : becoming a researcher -- Thinking in print : uses of research, public and private -- Connecting with your reader : (re-)creating yourself and your readers -- Asking questions, finding answers -- Prologue : planning your project : an overview -- From topics to questions -- From questions to a problem -- From problems to sources -- Engaging sources -- Making a claim and supporting it -- Prologue : assembling a research argument -- Making good arguments : an overview -- Making claims -- Assembling reasons and evidence -- Acknowledgments and responses -- Warrants -- Planning, drafting, and revising --Prologue : planning again -- Planning -- Drafting your report-- Revising your organization and argument -- Communicating evidence visually -- Introductions and conclusions -- Revising style : telling your story clearly -- Some last considerations.

Presents research skills that may be used in all fields of study, including how to choose a topic, generate research questions, find sources for gathering evidence, argue effectively, and write and revise a paper.

Adult

TBS903 HDR972 ISIT940