Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Northey, Margot, 1940-

Publication

Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press, c2001.

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Additional Authors

Knight, David B.

Description

vii, 252 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.

Summary

"An indispensable aid for students in geography, other environmental sciences, and interdisciplinary environmental studies programs, Making Sense in Geography and Environmental Sciences offers detailed guidance on: the research process; the basics of writing: grammar, punctuation, usage, and style; documentation of sources; note-taking; lab and field work; visual aids: figures, tables, posters, and maps; presentations; proposals, research papers, and theses; examinations; computers and the Internet; definitions; grammatical, stylistic, and disciplinary; and weights, measures, and notation."--Jacket.

Subject

• Anglais (Langue) > Rhétorique
• English language > Rhetoric
• Environmental sciences > Authorship
• Geography > Authorship
• Géographie > Art d'écrire
• Rapports > Rédaction
• Report writing
• Sciences de l'environnement > Art d'écrire

Note

• Previously published under title: Making sense in geography and environmental studies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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 -- Common errors in grammar and usage -- Punctuation -- Quotations and documentation -- Catchlist of misused words and phrases -- Definitions -- Appendix: weights, measures, and notation.

ISBN

0195415272 :

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library