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The Bedford Researcher with 2021 MLA Update by Mike Palmquist - Seventh Edition, 2021 from Macmillan Student Store
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The Bedford Researcher with 2021 MLA Update

Seventh  Edition|©2021  Mike Palmquist

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Research with confidence

This ebook has been updated to provide you with the latest guidance on documenting sources in MLA style and follows the guidelines set forth in the MLA Handbook, 9th edition (April 2021).

The academic conversations you join and the challenges you face have never been more complex. The Bedford Researcher provides the tools to confront this complexity with thoughtfulness and integrity.  Written to help you strengthen your ability to understand, assess, and contribute to ongoing conversations about important issues, the seventh edition responds to the challenges of an expanding variety of information and the critical importance of evaluating sources  and offers the practical help you need to research and write with confidence.

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Contents

Table of Contents

PREFACE FOR INSTRUCTORS 
INTRODUCTION FOR WRITERS 

I Joining the Conversation 
1 Getting Started 
2 Exploring and Focusing
3 Developing Your Research Question 

II Working with Sources 
4 Reading Critically and Actively 
5 Assessing and Evaluating Sources 
6 Taking Notes 
7 Engaging with Information, Ideas, and Arguments  
8 Managing Information  
9 Avoiding Plagiarism 

III Collecting Information
10 Searching for Information   
11 Collecting Information with Field Research 

IV Creating Your Document
12 Developing Your Thesis Statement 
13 Developing and Organizing Your Argument 
14 Drafting   
15 Using Sources Effectively 
16 Designing Documents 
17 Revising and Editing 
18 Presenting Your Work 

V Documenting Sources 
19 Understanding Documentation Systems  
20 Using MLA Style  
21 Using APA Style
22 Using Chicago Style  
23 Using CSE Style  

INDEX

Authors

Mike Palmquist

Mike Palmquist is Professor of English and University Distinguished Teaching Scholar at Colorado State University. Prior to returning to his role as a faculty member in the 2020-’21 academic year, Mike served for fourteen years in various university leadership roles, including founding director of the Institute for Learning and Teaching (TILT), director of CSU Online (CSU’s Division of Continuing Education), and Associate Provost for Instructional Innovation. His scholarly interests include writing across the curriculum, the effects of computer and network technologies on writing instruction, and new approaches to scholarly publishing. Mike's work has appeared in journals including College English, College Composition and Communication, ADE Bulletin, Computers and Composition, Kairos, Written Communication, Writing Program Administration, Marketing Education Review, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, and Social Forces, as well as in edited collections. Since 1992, he has coordinated the development of WAC Clearinghouse, a publishing collaborative that provides open-access to more than 125 scholarly books, several academic journals, and a wide range of instructional and professional resources. Mike is the author of several books, including the textbooks In Conversation, Joining the Conversation and The Bedford Researcher, all published by Bedford/St. Martin's. Mike is a member-at-large of the executive board of the Association for Writing Across the Curriculum, a trustee of the University Press of Colorado, and a member of the editorial boards of several journals. He served as chair of the National Council of Teachers of English College Section Steering Committee and as a member of the NCTE Executive Committee from 2009 to 2011. He served as chair of the NCTE College Section Steering Committee Working Group on the Status and Working Conditions of Contingent Faculty, whose policy statement and recommendations were endorsed by the NCTE Executive Committee and published on the NCTE website in 2010. In 2004, Mike was the recipient of the Charles Moran Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Field, awarded by Computers and Composition. In 2006, he was presented with the Outstanding Technology Innovator by the CCCC Committee on Computers in Composition and Communication. He was named a University Distinguished Teaching Scholar in 2000.


The only research guide you need

Research with confidence

This ebook has been updated to provide you with the latest guidance on documenting sources in MLA style and follows the guidelines set forth in the MLA Handbook, 9th edition (April 2021).

The academic conversations you join and the challenges you face have never been more complex. The Bedford Researcher provides the tools to confront this complexity with thoughtfulness and integrity.  Written to help you strengthen your ability to understand, assess, and contribute to ongoing conversations about important issues, the seventh edition responds to the challenges of an expanding variety of information and the critical importance of evaluating sources  and offers the practical help you need to research and write with confidence.

E-book

Read online (or offline) with all the highlighting and notetaking tools you need to be successful in this course.

Learn More

Table of Contents

PREFACE FOR INSTRUCTORS 
INTRODUCTION FOR WRITERS 

I Joining the Conversation 
1 Getting Started 
2 Exploring and Focusing
3 Developing Your Research Question 

II Working with Sources 
4 Reading Critically and Actively 
5 Assessing and Evaluating Sources 
6 Taking Notes 
7 Engaging with Information, Ideas, and Arguments  
8 Managing Information  
9 Avoiding Plagiarism 

III Collecting Information
10 Searching for Information   
11 Collecting Information with Field Research 

IV Creating Your Document
12 Developing Your Thesis Statement 
13 Developing and Organizing Your Argument 
14 Drafting   
15 Using Sources Effectively 
16 Designing Documents 
17 Revising and Editing 
18 Presenting Your Work 

V Documenting Sources 
19 Understanding Documentation Systems  
20 Using MLA Style  
21 Using APA Style
22 Using Chicago Style  
23 Using CSE Style  

INDEX

Mike Palmquist

Mike Palmquist is Professor of English and University Distinguished Teaching Scholar at Colorado State University. Prior to returning to his role as a faculty member in the 2020-’21 academic year, Mike served for fourteen years in various university leadership roles, including founding director of the Institute for Learning and Teaching (TILT), director of CSU Online (CSU’s Division of Continuing Education), and Associate Provost for Instructional Innovation. His scholarly interests include writing across the curriculum, the effects of computer and network technologies on writing instruction, and new approaches to scholarly publishing. Mike's work has appeared in journals including College English, College Composition and Communication, ADE Bulletin, Computers and Composition, Kairos, Written Communication, Writing Program Administration, Marketing Education Review, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, and Social Forces, as well as in edited collections. Since 1992, he has coordinated the development of WAC Clearinghouse, a publishing collaborative that provides open-access to more than 125 scholarly books, several academic journals, and a wide range of instructional and professional resources. Mike is the author of several books, including the textbooks In Conversation, Joining the Conversation and The Bedford Researcher, all published by Bedford/St. Martin's. Mike is a member-at-large of the executive board of the Association for Writing Across the Curriculum, a trustee of the University Press of Colorado, and a member of the editorial boards of several journals. He served as chair of the National Council of Teachers of English College Section Steering Committee and as a member of the NCTE Executive Committee from 2009 to 2011. He served as chair of the NCTE College Section Steering Committee Working Group on the Status and Working Conditions of Contingent Faculty, whose policy statement and recommendations were endorsed by the NCTE Executive Committee and published on the NCTE website in 2010. In 2004, Mike was the recipient of the Charles Moran Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Field, awarded by Computers and Composition. In 2006, he was presented with the Outstanding Technology Innovator by the CCCC Committee on Computers in Composition and Communication. He was named a University Distinguished Teaching Scholar in 2000.


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