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Using Sources Effectively: Strengthening Your Writing and Avoiding Plagiarism 5th Edition, Kindle Edition

by Robert Harris (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 84 ratings

Now in its fifth, expanded edition,Using Sources Effectively, Fifth Edition targets the two most prominent problems in current research-paper writing: the increase in unintentional plagiarism and the ineffective use of research source material. Designed as a supplementary textbook for both undergraduate and graduate courses, this book will help every student who uses research in writing. Included in this edition are coverage of research strategies and source selection (Chapter 2), a chapter on quoting sources effectively (Chapter 4), and a chapter on sentence patterns (Chapter 10). APA and MLA citation styles have been updated throughout the text.

To the student:

This book was written to give you the knowledge and tools you can use to make your research-based writing more powerful and effective. Here are some examples:

    • Mini-Research Projects at the end of each chapter to sharpen your research and evaluation skills

    • A set of practical, usefulrhetorical devices to help improve the clarity and impact of your writing

    • Increased emphasis on synthesis writing—weaving source use into your own thinking—to give your writing more interest and persuasive power

    • Instruction in close reading to help you better grasp what an author is discussing or arguing

    • Strategies for organizing and positioning your sources to strengthen your central argument.
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    1. ISBN-13
      978-1351971928
    2. Edition
      5th
    3. Publisher
      Routledge
    4. Publication date
      January 20, 2017
    5. Language
      English
    6. File size
      2.5 MB
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    I am well known for my clear and direct writing style. Similarly, I use specific, concrete examples. Popular with students who use this book are the many useful tables, listing transitional expressions, quotation lead ins, introductory verbs, search terms for locating controversies, and so on. Also included is a clear discussion of the difference between plagiarism and copyright infringement. The coming-to-be story of the book dates back more than 20 years, when, as a professor, I became increasingly concerned by the amount of plagiarism that was turning up in student papers. After some investigation, I discovered that much of it was unintentional, produced by students who didn't know the rules of citation, paraphrasing, quoting, and summarizing. So I wrote a helpful Web page about avoiding plagiarism, with information for both students (how to cite) and faculty (how to detect plagiarism).Not too long afterward, a publisher contacted me and asked me to do a book for faculty use, to teach students how to cite, and to detect plagiarism. That book came out in 2001. While working on that project, I thought, "Why not write a book to help students use research sources, and in the process inform them about plagiarism?" In other words, produce a positive approach to the issue instead of a negative one? So I proposed that to my publisher, who liked the idea, and the first edition of Using Sources Effectively came out in 2002. Its popularity has seen it through five editions and it remains one of my most popular titles.If you want to  improve your skills as a researcher and writer, I think you will find this book useful both as a classroom text and as an individual, tutorial-style book.

    About the Author

    Robert A. Harris (PhD, University of California, Riverside) taught English at college and university level for more than 25 years. He has also worked in the area of instructional design. Dr. Harris' other books include The Plagiarism Handbook and Writing with Clarity and Style: A Guide to Rhetorical Devices for Contemporary Writers.

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    • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01N4Q7XJ7
    • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Routledge; 5th edition (January 20, 2017)
    • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 20, 2017
    • Language ‏ : ‎ English
    • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.5 MB
    • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Up to 4 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits
    • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
    • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
    • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
    • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
    • Print length ‏ : ‎ 210 pages
    • Customer Reviews:
      4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 84 ratings

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    The Robert Harris of this profile is an American living in Tustin, California. He has written both fiction (a novel, The Million Dollar Girl; short stories, Seventy Stories and a Poem) and non fiction, including textbooks, personal thoughts, and other items. Dr. Harris received his PhD from the University of California at Riverside. He taught at the college and university level for 25 years and then worked in the corporate world in instructional design for seven years. His Web site is www.virtualsalt.com

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