The McGraw-Hill college handbook

By:

Marius, Richard

Contributor(s):

Wiener, Harvey S

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : McGraw-Hill, c1988.Edition: 2nd EditionDescription: xxi, 841 p. : illustrationsISBN:

9780070403987
0070403988

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

808.042 MAR

Contents:

I. Writing essays and paragraphs.-- II. Writing clear and effective sentences.-- III. Using words effectively.-- IV. Writing correct sentences.-- V. Understanding punctuation.-- VI. Understanding mechanics.-- VII. Writing a research paper.-- VIII. Other writing tasks.

Summary: The acclaimed handbook continues to offer both a comprehensive reference to stylistic principles and rules and an accessible guide to the full writing process. Written by two highly regarded writers both in academia and the popular press, the revision features interdisciplinary examples and exercises and provides coverage of special topics such as writing about literature, argumentation, business writing, and writing in-class essays. With the new edition comes an extensive new chapter on writing in the disciplines and expanded coverage of the research paper that includes sample papers in both MLA and APA formats. In addition, the first four chapters on the writing process now incorporate greater emphasis on the documented essay.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Reference Books	Main Library Reference	Reference	808.042 MAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		003170

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Includes index.

I. Writing essays and paragraphs.--
II. Writing clear and effective sentences.--
III. Using words effectively.--
IV. Writing correct sentences.--
V. Understanding punctuation.--
VI. Understanding mechanics.--
VII. Writing a research paper.--
VIII. Other writing tasks.

The acclaimed handbook continues to offer both a comprehensive reference to stylistic principles and rules and an accessible guide to the full writing process. Written by two highly regarded writers both in academia and the popular press, the revision features interdisciplinary examples and exercises and provides coverage of special topics such as writing about literature, argumentation, business writing, and writing in-class essays. With the new edition comes an extensive new chapter on writing in the disciplines and expanded coverage of the research paper that includes sample papers in both MLA and APA formats. In addition, the first four chapters on the writing process now incorporate greater emphasis on the documented essay.

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