The modern researcher /
Jacques Barzun and Henry F. Graff.
- 6th ed.
- Islamabad : National Book Foundation,
- xiii, 322 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
includes index
pt. I. Principles and methods of research. 1. Research and report: characteristics -- 2. The ABC of technique -- 3. Finding the facts -- 4. Verification -- 5. Handling ideas -- 6. Truth, causes, and conditions -- 7. Pattern, bias, and revisionism -- pt. II. Writing, speaking, and publishing. 8. Organizing: paragraph, chapter, and part -- 9. Plain words: the war on jargon and clichés -- 10. Clear sentences: emphasis, tone, and rhythm -- 11. The arts of quoting and translating -- 12. The rules of citing: footnotes and bibliography -- 13. Revising for printer and public -- 14. Modes of presentation.