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    Making sense : a student's guide to research and writing : geography & environmental sciences / Margot Northey, David B. Knight.

    By: Northey, Margot, 1940-Contributor(s): Knight, David B | Northey, Margot, 1940-. Making sense in geography and environmental studiesMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Making sense series: Publisher: Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press, 2007Edition: 3rd edDescription: xii, 282 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN: 9780195425895; 0195425898Subject(s): Geography -- Authorship | Environmental sciences -- Authorship | Report writing | English language -- RhetoricDDC classification: 808/.06691 LOC classification: G70 | .N67 2007Online resources: Table of contents only | Publisher description
    Contents:
    Writing and thinking -- Doing research -- Writing reading and lecture notes -- Writing a report on a book or article -- Writing an essay -- Writing a lab report -- Writing and visual aids for presentations -- Illustrating your work -- Doing field work and writing about it -- Writing a proposal, research paper, and thesis -- Writing examinations -- Words: gender, race, and other sensitivities -- Writing with style -- Grammar and usage -- Punctuation -- Quotations and documentation -- Catchlist of misused words and phrases -- Definitions -- Appendix: weights, measures, and notation.
    Summary: This helpful book outlines the general principles of style, grammar, and usage, while covering such issues as how to prepare research proposals and reports, how to carry out lab and field work, and how to illustrate your work. This third edition has new material on evaluating internet sources and avoiding plagiarism, as well as new and updated examples.
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    First ed. published under title: Making sense in geography and environmental studies.

    Includes bibliographical references and index.

    Writing and thinking -- Doing research -- Writing reading and lecture notes -- Writing a report on a book or article -- Writing an essay -- Writing a lab report -- Writing and visual aids for presentations -- Illustrating your work -- Doing field work and writing about it -- Writing a proposal, research paper, and thesis -- Writing examinations -- Words: gender, race, and other sensitivities -- Writing with style -- Grammar and usage -- Punctuation -- Quotations and documentation -- Catchlist of misused words and phrases -- Definitions -- Appendix: weights, measures, and notation.

    This helpful book outlines the general principles of style, grammar, and usage, while covering such issues as how to prepare research proposals and reports, how to carry out lab and field work, and how to illustrate your work. This third edition has new material on evaluating internet sources and avoiding plagiarism, as well as new and updated examples.

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