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Table of Contents:

• Foreword / Rosemary G. Feal
• Preface / David B. Nicholls
• Note on the Web component
• 1. Research and writing
• 1.1. The research paper as a form of exploration
• 1.2. The research paper as a from of communication
• 1.3. Selecting a topic
• 1.4. Conducting research
• 1.5. Compiling a working bibliography
• 1.6. Evaluating sources
• 1.7. Taking notes
• 1.8. Outlining
• 1.9. Writing drafts
• 1.10. Language and style
• 2. Plagiarism and academic integrity
• 2.1. Definition of plagiarism
• 2.2. Consequence of plagiarism
• 2.3. Information sharing today
• 2.4. Unintentional plagiarism
• 2.5. Forms of plagiarism

• 2.6. When documentation is not needed
• 2.7. Related issues
• 2.8. Summing up
• 3. The mechanics of writing
• 3.1. Spelling
• 3.2. Punctuation
• 3.3. Italics
• 3.4. Names of persons
• 3.5. Numbers
• 3.6. Titles of works in the research paper
• 3.7. Quotations
• 3.8. Capitalization and personal names in languages
• 4. The format of the research paper
• 4.1. Margins
• 4.2. Text formatting
• 4.3. Heading and title
• 4.4. Page numbers
• 4.5. Tables and illustrations
• 4.6. Paper and printing
• 4.7. Corrections and insertions
• 4.8. Binding
• 4.9. Electronic submission
• 5. Documentation : preparing the list of works cited
• 5.1. Documenting sources
• 5.2. MLA style
• 5.3. The list of works cited
• 5.4. Citing periodical print publications
• 5.5. Citing nonperiodical print publications
• 5.6. Citing Web publications
• 5.7. Citing additional common sources
• 5.8. A work in more than one publication medium
• 6. Documentation : citing sources in the text
• 6.1. Parenthetical documentation and the list of works cited
• 6.2. Information required in parenthetical documentation
• 6.3. Readability
• 6.4. Sample references
• 6.5. Using notes with parenthetical documentation
• 7. Abbreviations
• 7.1. Introduction
• 7.2. Time designations
• 7.3. Geographic names
• 7.4. Common scholarly abbreviations and reference words
• 7.5. Publishers' names
• 7.6. Symbols and abbreviations used in proofreading and correction
• 7.7. Titles of works
• Appendix A. Guides to writing
• A.1. Introduction
• A.2. Dictionaries of usage
• A.3. Guides to nondiscriminatory language
• A.4. Books on style
• Appendix B. Specialized style manuals
• Index.

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Contributors:

Gibaldi, Joseph, 1942-

Modern Language Association of America

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Related Works:

MLA handbook for writers of research papers [by Gibaldi, J.]

Subjects:

Report writing — Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Research — Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Report writing

Research

Genres:

Handbooks and manuals

General Notes:

Prev. ed. entered under: Gibaldi, Joseph, 1942-
Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-260) and index.

Physical Description:

xxi, 292 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Call Numbers:

LB2369 .G53 2009

ISBNs:

9781603290241 (pbk., alk. paper)
1603290249 (pbk., alk. paper)
9781603290258 (large print, pbk., alk. paper)
1603290257 (large print, pbk., alk. paper)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2008047484

OCLC Numbers:

276228865