Researching and Writing Across Curriculum

This thorough and engaging guide to research in the humanities, sciences, social sciences, and business teaches students to explore the entire research process, including intellectual inquiry and critical thinking.

Researching and Writing Across the Curriculum provides discipline-specific guidance and sample papers that reflect differences in discourse and presentation in each discipline. The text also covers research methods and resources as they apply to all disciplines, with a comprehensive list of library resources and an introduction to the latest electronic and online resources. With thorough and up-to-date material on the impact of computers in research, and exercises that develop the skills of summarizing, synthesizing, and critiquing source materials, Hult's text provides a complete guide that will aid students in all their college courses and beyond.

Features

• Provides guidance in research writing across the disciplines–in humanities, science, social science, and business.
• Presents comprehensive coverage of both primary and secondary research methods.
• In-depth outlines of model student research projects in each discipline help students see the similarities and differences between research in the four discipline areas.
• Details the latest MLA and APA documentation formats for electronic sources.
• Contains a complete listing of library resources by discipline, including computerized databases.
• Features in-chapter exercises and discussion questions.

New To This Edition

• A new Introduction draws students into the excitement of research.
• Coverage of avoiding plagiarism has been expanded (Chs. 1 & 3).
• Offers a balanced explanation of researching in the library and on the Internet so students will see the need and place for both.
• Coverage of selecting and narrowing a topic has been expanded.
• Provides more explanations of electronic search engines, databases and keywords for searching and expanded models of electronic citations.
• 3 new model papers, including one on engineering.
• New coverage of taking notes with photocopies and printouts.