The Craft of Research, 3/e

Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams

  • 出版商: University Of Chicag
  • 出版日期: 2008-04-15
  • 售價: $570
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 336
  • 裝訂: Paperback
  • ISBN: 0226065669
  • ISBN-13: 9780226065663
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With more than 200,000 copies in print, The Craft of Research is the unrivaled resource for researchers at every level, from first-year undergraduates to research reporters at corporations and government offices. Now, seasoned researchers and educators Gregory G. Colomb and Joseph M. Williams present an updated third edition of their classic handbook, whose first and second editions were written in collaboration with the late Wayne C. Booth. The Craft of Research explains how to build an argument that motivates readers to accept a claim; how to anticipate the reservations of readers and to respond to them appropriately; and how to create introductions and conclusions that answer that most demanding question, “So what?”The third edition includes an expanded discussion of the essential early stages of a research task: planning and drafting a paper. The authors have revised and fully updated their section on electronic research, emphasizing the need to distinguish between trustworthy sources (such as those found in libraries) and less reliable sources found with a quick Web search. A chapter on warrants has also been thoroughly reviewed to make this difficult subject easier for researchers. Throughout, the authors have preserved the amiable tone, the reliable voice, and the sense of directness that have made this book indispensable for anyone undertaking a research project.

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Preface 
I Research, Researchers, and Readers 1
 Prologue: Starting a Research Project 3
1 Thinking in Print: The Uses of Research, Public and Private 9
2 Connecting with Your Reader: (Re)Creating Your Self and Your Audience 17
 Quick Tip: A Checklist for Understanding Your Readers 32
II Asking Questions, Finding Answers 35
 Prologue: Planning Your Project 37
3 From Topics to Questions 40
 Quick Tip: Finding Topics 53
4 From Questions to Problems 56
 Quick Tip: Disagreeing with Your Sources 72
5 From Problems to Sources 75
6 Using Sources 90
 Quick Tip: Speedy Reading 106
III Making a Claim and Supporting It 109
 Prologue: Pulling Together Your Argument 111
7 Making Good Arguments: An Overview 114
 Quick Tip: Designing Arguments Not for Yourself but for Your Readers: Two Common Pitfalls 124
8 Claims 127
 Quick Tip: Qualifying Claims to Enhance Your Credibility 135
9 Reasons and Evidence 138
 Quick Tip: Showing the Relevance of Evidence 149
10 Acknowledgments and Responses 151
 Quick Tip: The Vocabulary of Acknowledgment and Response 161
11 Warrants 165
 Quick Tip: Some Strategies for Challenging Warrants 179
IV Preparing to Draft, Drafting, and Revising 183
 Prologue: Planning Again 185
 Quick Tip: Outlining 187
12 Planning and Drafting 189
 Quick Tip: Using Quotation and Paraphrase 205
13 Revising Your Organization and Argument 208
 Quick Tip: Titles and Abstracts 219
14 Introductions and Conclusions 222
 Quick Tip: Opening and Closing Words 238
15 Communicating Evidence Visually 241
16 Revising Style: Telling Your Story Clearly 263
 Quick Tip: The Quickest Revision 281
V Some Last Considerations 283
 The Ethics of Research 285
 A Postscript for Teachers 289
 An Appendix on Finding Sources 297
 General Sources 298
 Special Sources 299
 A Note on Some of Our Sources 317
 Index 325
 

商品描述(中文翻譯)

《研究的藝術》是一本無與倫比的資源,已經印刷超過20萬本,適用於各個層次的研究者,從大一新生到企業和政府機構的研究報告者。現在,經驗豐富的研究者和教育家Gregory G. Colomb和Joseph M. Williams與已故的Wayne C. Booth合作,推出了更新的第三版手冊。《研究的藝術》解釋了如何建立一個能夠激勵讀者接受主張的論點;如何預見讀者的保留意見並適當地回應;以及如何創造能夠回答最具挑戰性問題“那又怎樣?”的引言和結論。第三版包括對研究任務的早期關鍵階段:計劃和起草論文的擴展討論。作者修訂並完全更新了關於電子研究的部分,強調需要區分可信賴的來源(例如圖書館中的來源)和在快速網絡搜索中找到的不太可靠的來源。關於擔保的章節也經過了全面審查,以使這個困難的主題對研究者更容易理解。整本書保留了親切的口吻、可靠的聲音和直接的感覺,這使得這本書對於任何進行研究項目的人來說都是不可或缺的。

目錄:
前言
第一部分:研究、研究者和讀者
序言:開始一個研究項目
1. 在文字中思考:研究的用途,公共和私人
2. 與讀者建立聯繫:重新創造自己和觀眾
快速提示:了解讀者的檢查清單

第二部分:提問,尋找答案
序言:計劃您的項目
3. 從主題到問題
快速提示:尋找主題
4. 從問題到問題
快速提示:與您的來源不同意
5. 從問題到來源
6. 使用來源
快速提示:快速閱讀

第三部分:提出主張並支持
序言:整合您的論點
7. 提出好的論點:概述
快速提示:設計論點不是為了自己而是為了讀者:兩個常見的陷阱
8. 主張
快速提示:限定主張以增強可信度
9. 理由和證據
快速提示:展示證據的相關性
10. 致謝和回應
快速提示:致謝和回應的詞彙
11. 擔保
快速提示:挑戰擔保的策略

第四部分:準備起草,起草和修訂
序言:再次計劃
快速提示:概述
12. 計劃和起草
快速提示:引用和轉述
13. 修訂組織和論點
快速提示:標題和摘要
14. 引言和結論
快速提示:開頭和結尾的詞語
15. 以視覺方式傳達證據
16. 修訂風格:清晰地講述您的故事
快速提示:最快的修訂

第五部分:最後的考慮
研究倫理
教師的附言
尋找來源的附錄
一般來源
特殊來源
關於我們一些來源的註解
索引