TY  - BOOK
AU  - Northey,Margot
AU  - Knight,David B.
AU  - Northey,Margot
TI  - Making sense: a student's guide to research and writing : geography & environmental sciences 
T2  - The making sense series
SN  - 9780195425895
AV  - G70 .N67 2007
U1  - 808/.06691 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Don Mills, Ont.
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Geography
KW  - Authorship
KW  - Environmental sciences
KW  - Report writing
KW  - English language
KW  - Rhetoric
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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