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- From: dharper@hounix.org (David Harper)
- Subject: Re: wanted: handout on basics of scholarly writing
- Message-ID: <1992Sep01.185018.7509@hounix.org>
- Organization: Houston UNIX Users Group (HOUNIX), Houston, TX
- References: <9208311519.aa16338@q2.ics.uci.edu>
- Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1992 18:50:18 GMT
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- In article <9208311519.aa16338@q2.ics.uci.edu> kling@ics.uci.edu (Rob Kling) writes:
- >
- >Hi .... I sympathize w/your predicament. If these are PhD students, -
- >they could usefully invest in a copy of the Chicago Manual of Style.
- >It's hardcover ... and costs over $25 I believe, but would be a solid
- >reference book that would be useful for well over 10 years ....
- >
- >The American Psych Assn has a less expensive style manual ... that is also_
- >much less general.
- >
- >I'd be interested in learning what you end up using.
- >
- >Best wishes,
- >
- >Rob Kling
- >UC-Irvine
-
- A better guide than _The_Chicago_Manual_of_Style is a
- special condensation of that guide for students:
- A_Manual_for_Writers_of_Term_Papers,_Theses,_and_Dissertations_,
- 5th edition by Kate Turabian. 300 pages. University of
- Chicago Press.
-
- From the back cover:
-
- "For over fifty years Turabian's _Manual_for_Writers_ has
- offered comprehensive and detailed guidance to authors of
- research papers. The fifth edition, extensively revised and
- issued in a larger format, retains the features that have
- made the manual, in its earlier editions, the choice of over
- 5,000,000 writers and students. Throughout, the advice and
- examples of style usage are based on the thirteenth edition
- (1982) of _The Chicago_Manual_of_Style_.
-
- Contents
-
- 1. Parts of the Paper
- 2. Abbreviations and Numbers
- 3. Spelling and Punctuation
- 4. Capitalization, Quotation Marks, and Underlining
- (Italics)
- 5. Quotations
- 6. Tables
- 7. Illustrations
- 8. Citation I: Parenthetical References and Reference Lists
- 9. Citation II: Footnotes and Endnotes
- 10. Citation III: Bibliographies
- 11. Citation IV: Samples
- 12. Citation V: Public Documents
- 13. Preparing the Manuscript: The Most Effective Use of
- Computer Systems and Typewriters
- 14. Formats of Component Parts and Sample Layouts
-
- This book is easy to use and contains oodles of examples,
- especially in the Citation sections.
-
- Regards, David Harper dharper@hounix.org
-