Form and Style: Research Papers, Reports, Theses - Softcover

Slade, Carole / Robert Perrin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0618559477 ISBN 13: 9780618559473

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

This classic introductory text is renowned for its solid guidance in the writing, documenting, and formatting of research papers, reports, theses, and dissertations. Form and Style's comprehensive coverage of the research process ranges from choosing a topic and preparing a draft to documenting sources and creating a bibliography. The text provides models and explanations of four documentation styles: Chicago Manual of Style (CMS), Modern Language Association (MLA), American Psychological Association (APA), and Columbia Guide to Online Style (CGOS).

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Perrin (Ph.D., University of Illinois--Champaign/Urbana) is currently Chairperson of the Department of English at Indiana State University, after serving as Director of Writing Programs for seventeen years. He has won the University's Caleb Mills Award for distinguished teaching and the Theodore Dreiser Award for distinguished research, as well as the College of Arts and Sciences' Distinguished Professor award. He has published numerous articles on composition and teaching and has published seven textbooks and research guides, including The Beacon Handbook (six editions) and Handbook for College Research (three editions).

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0618559477
• ISBN 13: 9780618559473
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Number of pages: 320