The Craft of Research
by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams · University of Chicago Press
A widely used guide to planning and reporting research across disciplines. It covers turning a topic into a question, building arguments from claims, evidence and warrants, using sources, and drafting and revising reports readers can evaluate critically.
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