Using Sources Effectively: Strengthening Your Writing and Avoiding Plagiarism
- ISBN-10
- 1884585574
- ISBN-13
- 9781884585579
- Series
- Using Sources Effectively
- Category
- Social Science / General
- Pages
- 122
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Pyrczak Pub.
- Author
- Robert Alan Harris
Description
- This short supplementary textbook will help all students who use research in writing, from those writing a short essay with a few sources to those writing a full-scale major research paper.
- The easy-to-follow advice will have students writing better research papers right away.
- Detailed, example-filled instruction about proper source use and citation gives students all the information they need to avoid unintentional plagiarism.
- Focusing on practical and effective strategies for incorporating sources, the book teaches students how to:
- add strength to their argument and interest to their writing through the skillful use of sources
- select, evaluate, and prepare sources for use
- avoid plagiarism through the proper use of quotation, paraphrase, summary, and citation
- Activities at the end of each chapter help students internalize their newly acquired skills. An instructor's answer key is included, making it easy to start using this book right away.
- The examples in the book are presented in both APA and MLA citation styles, though the book will be a useful resource regardless of the particular style of citation and bibliography you require in your classes.
- Helps your students learn how to avoid plagiarism while they discover techniques for writing better research papers.
- Updated APA and MLA citation styles and material on research strategies and source selection (Chapter 2), quoting sources effectively (Chapter 4), and grammar and mechanics (Chapter 9).
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- 210 pages
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