[baisl] Re: Writing a research paper - textbook
- From: Cathy Rettberg <crettberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: baisl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 10:19:12 -0700
Someone else recommended this one - guess I'd better check it out!
Thanks - Cathy
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Cathy Rettberg, Head Librarian
Menlo School
Atherton, CA
http://library.menloschool.org
What I'm reading:
*Season of the Witch/*Talbot
*The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender*/Walton
On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Elaine Levia <elaine.levia@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> *The Craft of Research* by Wayne C. Booth. The TOC is available to view
> on Google Books, as well as some of the prologue. The whole book is very
> teachable, but its Quick Tips and general principles are great to apply in
> pieces.
>
> Thank you all for a wonderful meeting this afternoon, by the way. I love
> BAISL.
>
> Best,
> Elaine
>
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 5:13 PM, Helen Huber <huber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Some schools teach format using the Step Up To Writing program.
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, October 15, 2014, Cathy Rettberg <crettberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello - for those of you who have projects like a senior thesis, honors
>>> thesis, etc., do you have a textbook or manual that you use to guide the
>>> research and writing process? Not a style guide (like MLA or Chicago) but
>>> some kind of writing guide, similar to Writing Research Papers/Lester. One
>>> of my teachers is looking for something for his senior honors research
>>> students. Seems to me the Purdue OWL plus our Noodletools subscription
>>> should offer everything we need, but I'm interested to hear if there is
>>> something else that would be useful. If you have a favorite text - or
>>> website - please let me know.
>>>
>>> Thanks - Cathy
>>> ---------
>>> Cathy Rettberg, Head Librarian
>>> Menlo School
>>> Atherton, CA
>>> http://library.menloschool.org
>>>
>>> What I'm reading:
>>> *Season of the Witch/*Talbot
>>> *The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender*/Walton
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Helen Huber, CSB Librarian
>> huber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> 415-614-5117
>>
>> Cathedral School for Boys
>> 1275 Sacramento Street
>> San Francisco, CA 94108
>>
>> “We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time,
>> meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it
>> appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.”-Eleanor
>> Roosevelt
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Elaine Levia, MLIS '14
> University of California, Los Angeles
> 408.781.7034
>
>
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