Research and Essay Writing Guides

Guidelines for authors preparing manuscripts. Form and style accepted by readership in psychology.

Intended for authors and editors, but is cited for documenting data from electronic sources.

Send an e-mail to bibliography [at] mla [dot] org and they will give you the answer.

The MLA Style Manual is aimed at graduate students, scholars, and professional writers and treats scholarly publishing practices, with chapters on theses and dissertations.

The rules of usage and principles of composition commonly violated. Effective writing.

Provides a variety of techniques for social science research: methods of sampling; development of concepts; and systematic exploration of the implication of what is found.

Guides the student through developing, designing, drafting, and ultimately, writing the essay, as well as reviewing the results.

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Deals clearly with titles and headings, chapter openings, and structure, with examples.

Deals widely with how to get ideas, writer's block, punctuation, citing sources, and more.

Comprehensive writing guide.."from interpreting the question to the research, planning, writing and revision.

Combines four books—a rhetoric, a research guide, reader, and handbook—into one convenient teaching tool.

The author has found that a conversational yet authoritative tone coupled with attention-getting titles, compelling openings, anecdotes and illustrations is the key to accessible, interesting academic work.

Shows how to get rid of wordiness and "flabby" writing.

Provides the student with a larger, more expressive vocabulary and a better grasp of the English language.

Sections define and explain parts of speech, syntax, word formation, usage and punctuation.

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Covers composition and revision, grammar and word choice, and documentation of sources.

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Guide to grammar, including spelling, punctuation and sentence structure.

Basic grammar in an entertaining format.

Collection of guidelines designed specifically for business managers. Teaches clarity in communication through reports, memos, letters or speeches.

How to use of clear, concise, correct usage, common business abbreviations, the Beaufort Scale, and more.

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Writing lessons as they apply specifically to film criticism. Analytical writing done in most film courses.

Introduction to the study of history and history courses. A model term paper shows how to apply the techniques.

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Discusses the different modes of historical writing and provides a sample research paper in history.

Promotes the practice of critical reading as well as how to write essays about fiction, poetry, drama and film.

Definitions and examples of psychological, feminist, structuralist and post-structuralist readings of literature.

Focus on 3 key strategies for upgrading an English essay: answering the question and making a strong argument, analyzing language and examining literary technique, and discussing genre and considering context.

Concentrates on literary problems as they bear on writing themes. Provides specific directions on how to handle the various types of literary themes, with excellent examples.

How to pick a topic and how to argue and structure a philosophy paper.Tactics for analytical writing.

"..brief, self-guided manual that coners the basics of argumentative essay writing..." Preface

Basic principles for writing about numbers and tools for displaying figures. Guidelines for writing an introduction, data collection methodology and analysis, results interpretation, conclusion and graphics.

Overview of a range of research methods useful in social science, including qualitative and quantitative analysis.

Examines the particular requirements of writing papers in the social sciences.

This research tool provides the most comprehensive picture available today of research methods (quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods) across the social and behavioral sciences.

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"(A)ims to teach new sociological students how to think and write like sociologists."

A guide to help beginning and continuing students write effective sociology papers.

Will help you master the critical skills and strategies you need for success at school, work and life.

'Sound advice for students to develop a systematic approach to their exam preparation, from motivation and   confidence building to learning principles and memory techniques'. Careerscope, Autumn 2005  

Organising studying efficiently and preparing systematically for assignments and (most importantly) exams.