A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations, Ninth edition - Kate L. Turabian 2018
Research and writing
What research is and how researchers think about it
How researchers think about their aims
Defining a project: topic, question, problem, working hypothesis
Understanding research problems
Build a storyboard to plan and guide your work
Join or organize a writing group
Finding useful sources
Three kinds of sources and their uses
Search for sources systematically
Evaluate sources for relevance and reliability
Look beyond the usual kinds of references
Record your sources fully, accurately, and appropriately
Engaging your sources
Read generously to understand, then critically to engage
Manage moments of normal anxiety
Constructing your argument
What a research argument is and is not
Build your argument around answers to readers’ questions
Turn your working hypothesis into a claim
Assemble the elements of your argument
Prefer arguments based on evidence to arguments based on warrants
Planning a first draft
Create a plan that meets your readers’ needs
Drafting your paper
Draft in the way that feels most comfortable
Develop effective writing habits
Keep yourself on track through headings and key terms
Quote, paraphrase, and summarize appropriately
Integrate quotations into your text
Use footnotes and endnotes judiciously
Show how complex or detailed evidence is relevant
Guard against inadvertent plagiarism
Guard against inappropriate assistance
Work through chronic procrastination and writer’s block
Presenting evidence in tables and figures
Choose verbal or visual representations of your data
Choose the most effective graphic
Revising your draft
Check for blind spots in your argument
Check your introduction, conclusion, and claim
Make sure the body of your paper is coherent
Let your draft cool, then paraphrase it
Writing your final introduction and conclusion
Revising sentences
Focus on the first seven or eight words of a sentence
Learning from comments on your paper
Two kinds of feedback: advice and data
Find general principles in specific comments
Presenting research in alternative forums
Design your presentation to be listened to
Source citation
General introduction to citation practices
Reasons for citing your sources
Notes-bibliography style: the basic form
Notes-bibliography style: citing specific types of sources
Websites, blogs, and social media
Interviews and personal communications
Papers, lectures, and manuscript collections
Reference works and secondary citations
Sources in the visual and performing arts
Author-date style: the basic form
Author-date style: citing specific types of sources
Websites, blogs, and social media
Interviews and personal communications
Papers, lectures, and manuscript collections
Reference works and secondary citations
Sources in the visual and performing arts
Style
Spelling
Compounds and words formed with prefixes
Punctuation
Names, special terms, and titles of works
Numbers
Abbreviations
The bible and other sacred works
Abbreviations in citations and other scholarly contexts
Quotations
Quoting accurately and avoiding plagiarism
Incorporating quotations into your text
Tables and figures
Appendix: Paper format and submission
Format requirements for specific elements