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The days when college students researched term papers by means of the card catalogue are long gone. Now, with electronic research methods such as WorldCat, the Library of Congress' SCORPIO and MUMS systems, and the World Wide Web, research can be done more quickly and efficiently. This volume takes students step-by-step through sample searches in those databases and others, and also provides assistance in winnowing data and writing well and concisely. An extremely detailed and useful volume. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
The Research Guide for the Digital Age: A New Handbook to Research and Writing for the Serious Student
by Francis Burkle-Young, Saundra R. Maley
Modern college undergraduates in America generally come to the classroom with no instruction at all in writing the traditional, lucid, formal essay. This small guide to college students will illustrate, clearly and logically, those principles of inquiry, curiosity, discovery, and enthusiasm which will vitalize their future academic careers and their lives as
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Modern college undergraduates in America generally come to the classroom with no instruction at all in writing the traditional, lucid, formal essay. This small guide to college students will illustrate, clearly and logically, those principles of inquiry, curiosity, discovery, and enthusiasm which will vitalize their future academic careers and their lives as rational and thoughtful adults.
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- ISBN-13:
- 9780761807797
- Publisher:
- The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc
- Publication date:
- 06/01/1997
- Pages:
- 362
- Product dimensions:
- 8.50(w) x 5.50(h) x 0.75(d)
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