This handbook is a set of guidelines to help students understand how to write, cite, and formally submit research writing.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-433) and index.

Research and writing: from planning to production / Wayne C. Booth, Gregory C. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams : What research is and how researchers think about it -- Moving from a topic to a question to a working hypothesis -- Finding useful sources -- Engaging sources -- Planning your argument -- Planning a first draft -- Drafting your report -- Presenting evidence in tables and figures -- Revising your draft -- Writing your final introduction and conclusion -- Revising sentences -- Learning from your returned paper -- Presenting research in alternative forums -- On the spirit of research -- Source citation : General introduction to citation practices -- Notes-bibliography style: the basic form -- Notes-bibliography style: citing specific types of sources -- Author-date style: the basic form -- Author-date style: citing specific types of sources -- Style : Spelling -- Punctuation -- Names, special terms, and titles of works -- Numbers -- Abbreviations -- Quotations -- Tables and figures -- Appendix: Paper format and submission.