Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article: Second Edition, Becker Howard Saul, Richards Pamela

Автор: Becker Howard S.
Название: Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article, Third Edition
ISBN: 022664393X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780226643939
Издательство: Wiley
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Описание: For more than thirty years, Writing for Social Scientists has been a lifeboat for writers in all fields, from beginning students to published authors. It starts with a powerful reassurance: Academic writing is stressful, and even accomplished scholars like sociologist Howard S. Becker struggle with it. And it provides a clear solution: In order to learn how to write, take a deep breath and then begin writing. Revise. Repeat.
This is not a book about sociological writing. Instead, Becker applies his sociologist's eye to some of the common problems all academic writers face, including trying to get it right the first time, failing, and therefore not writing at all; getting caught up in the trappings of "proper" academic writing; writing to impress rather than communicate with readers; and struggling with the when and how of citations. He then offers concrete advice, based on his own experiences and those of his students and colleagues, for overcoming these obstacles and gaining confidence as a writer.

While the underlying challenges of writing have remained the same since the book first appeared, the context in which academic writers work has changed dramatically, thanks to rapid changes in technology and ever greater institutional pressures. This new edition has been updated throughout to reflect these changes, offering a new generation of scholars and students encouragement to write about society or any other scholarly topic clearly and persuasively.

As Becker writes in the new preface, "Nothing prepared me for the steady stream of mail from readers who found the book helpful. Not just helpful. Several told me the book had saved their lives; less a testimony to the book as therapy than a reflection of the seriousness of the trouble writing failure could get people into." As academics are being called on to write more often, in more formats, the experienced, rational advice in Writing for Social Scientists will be an important resource for any writer's shelf.

Автор: Eco Umberto
Название: How to Write a Thesis
ISBN: 0262527138 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780262527132
Издательство: MIT Press
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Описание:

Umberto Eco's wise and witty guide to researching and writing a thesis, published in English for the first time.

By the time Umberto Eco published his best-selling novel The Name of the Rose, he was one of Italy's most celebrated intellectuals, a distinguished academic and the author of influential works on semiotics. Some years before that, in 1977, Eco published a little book for his students, How to Write a Thesis, in which he offered useful advice on all the steps involved in researching and writing a thesis -- from choosing a topic to organizing a work schedule to writing the final draft. Now in its twenty-third edition in Italy and translated into seventeen languages, How to Write a Thesis has become a classic. Remarkably, this is its first, long overdue publication in English.

Eco's approach is anything but dry and academic. He not only offers practical advice but also considers larger questions about the value of the thesis-writing exercise. How to Write a Thesis is unlike any other writing manual. It reads like a novel. It is opinionated. It is frequently irreverent, sometimes polemical, and often hilarious. Eco advises students how to avoid "thesis neurosis" and he answers the important question "Must You Read Books?" He reminds students "You are not Proust" and "Write everything that comes into your head, but only in the first draft." Of course, there was no Internet in 1977, but Eco's index card research system offers important lessons about critical thinking and information curating for students of today who may be burdened by Big Data.

How to Write a Thesis belongs on the bookshelves of students, teachers, writers, and Eco fans everywhere. Already a classic, it would fit nicely between two other classics: Strunk and White and The Name of the Rose.

Contents
The Definition and Purpose of a Thesis - Choosing the Topic - Conducting Research - The Work Plan and the Index Cards - Writing the Thesis - The Final Draft

Автор: Tracesea Slater E Alana James &
Название: Writing Your Doctoral Dissertation or Thesis Faster
ISBN: 1452274150 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781452274157
Издательство: Sage Publications
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Описание: Building on the authors` experience with their own doctoral students, this easy-to-read guide, helps and encourages students to write and complete their thesis faster.

Автор: Russey, W.e. Ebel, Hans F. Bliefert, Claus
Название: How to write a successful science thesis
ISBN: 3527312986 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783527312986
Издательство: Wiley
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Описание: Every student can benefit from extra help with matters of organization and style in the writing of term papers, theses, and dissertations - as a precursor to better grades and greater respect. This handy guide from the best-selling author team of "The Art of Scientific Writing" shows how to achieve maximum benefit with relatively little effort.

Автор: Irby, Beverly J. (sam Houston State University) Lu
Название: Writing a successful thesis or dissertation
ISBN: 141294225X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781412942256
Издательство: Sage Publications
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Описание: This comprehensive manual offers direction for every step of the thesis or dissertation process, from choosing an appropriate topic to adapting the finished work for publication.

Автор: Nygaard L
Название: Writing Your Master`s Thesis
ISBN: 1473903939 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781473903937
Издательство: Sage Publications
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Описание: Build your confidence, find your voice, and develop your writing skills, with A to Zen advice on writing your master`s thesis.

Автор: Evans David
Название: How to Write a Better Thesis
ISBN: 3319042858 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319042855
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: Grounded in decades of experience with research training and supervision, this fully updated and revised edition takes an integrated, down-to-earth approach drawing on case studies and examples to guide you step-by-step towards productive success.Early chapters frame the tasks ahead and show you how to get started.