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"Crafting Scholarship helps readers improve their writing and publishing success in academia. Framed within the context of the editorial and peer review process, the book explores writing, editing, and reviewing in academic publishing. As such it provides unique coverage of how successful writers work, how they manage criticism, and more. Examples from successful scholars provide helpful tips in writing articles, grants, books, book chapters, and reviews. Each chapter features tools that facilitate learning including Best Practices and Writer's Resource boxes to help maximize success, discussion questions and case studies to stimulate critical thinking, and recommended readings to encourage self exploration. A Facebook page provides an opportunity for readers to post writing updates and for instructors to share materials. Highlights include: -Insights on working with journal boards, reviewers, and contributors drawn from the author's 30 years of experience in editing journal articles and writing books.-Describes writing quantitative and qualitative reports, theory and literature reviews, books and chapters, grants, and book reviews"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: 1. Crafting Scholarship: An Introduction
• Purpose and Organization of Crafting Scholarship
• Wherewithal: Why Write This Book?
• Dramatis Personae
• References
• pt. I Writing for Journals, Grants, and Books
• 2. Writing Journal Articles
• Quality of Writing
• Clarity and Precision in Writing
• Crafting Effective and Successful Manuscripts
• Introductions and Problem Statements
• Literature Reviews
• Writing for Editors and Reviewers
• Reporting Methods
• Reporting Results
• Discussion and Conclusions
• Titles and Keywords
• Abstracts
• Qualitative Research Reports
• Impression Management

• Summary
• Activities
• Recommended Readings
• References
• 3. Writing Theory and Review
• Theory Development
• Research Synthesis
• Searching the Literature
• Summary
• Activities
• Recommended Readings
• References
• 4. Writing Book Reviews
• Types of Reviews
• Are Book Reviews Relevant?
• Elevating a Brand of Scholarship
• Summary
• Activities
• Recommended Readings
• References
• 5. Writing Book Proposals, Books, and Chapters in Edited Books
• Why Write Books?
• Types of Books
• Selecting a Publisher
• Writing a Book Proposal
• Getting to the Page
• Managing Risk
• Contracts and Production Issues
• Summary
• Activities
• Recommended Readings
• References
• pt. II Experience of Writing
• 6. Managing Risk, Criticism, and the Drunken Monkeys
• Common Experience Across Professions
• Risky Business
• Managing the Drunken Monkeys
• Mindful Writing Practices
• Summary
• Activities
• Recommended Readings
• References
• 7. Establishing Successful Writing Practices
• Scheduling Writing Time
• Intensive Writing Sessions
• Collaboration
• Chasing the Muse: Inspiration
• Prewriting
• Logging Progress and Setting Goals
• Moderation and Working to a Deadline
• Managing Criticism
• Summary
• Activities
• Recommended Readings
• References
• 8. How Successful Writers Work: Place and Ritual
• Writing in Place
• Structuring Time and Place
• Managing Comfort
• Creating Meaning: Matching Place, Ambiance, and Purpose
• Company We Keep: Writing in Groups
• Ritual
• Summary
• Activities
• Recommended Readings
• References
• pt. III Reviewing and Editing
• 9. Crafting Effective Peer Reviews
• Purposeful Reviews
• Elements of Masterful and Ineffective Reviews
• Tone of Reviews
• Communicating With Editors
• Reviewing and Writing for an Audience
• Reviewing Grant and Contract Proposals
• Summary
• Activities
• Recommended Readings
• References
• 10. Editors and How They Work
• Acceptance Rates
• Reliability, Validity, and Fairness in Decision Making
• Editorial Decision Letters
• Heavenly Decision Letters
• Earthly Experience
• Responding to Decision Letters
• Ethics of Editorial Practices
• Summary
• Activities
• Recommended Readings
• References
• Appendices
• 1. Reuben Hill Awards
• 2. Anselm Strauss Awards.

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Author/Creator:

Milardo, Robert M.

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Crafting scholarship in the behavioral and social sciences: writing, reviewing, and editing [by Milardo, R.M.]

Subjects:

Social sciences — Authorship

Social science literature — Editing

Social sciences — Research

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

H61.8 .M56 2015

ISBNs:

9781317659389 (electronic bk.)
1317659384 (electronic bk.)
9781138787834 [Invalid]
1138787833 [Invalid]
9781138787841 [Invalid]
1138787841 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

889674760

Other Control Numbers:

835205 (source: EbpS)
[Unknown Type]: ybp12048750