Main entry:

Barzun, Jacques, 1907-2012.

Title & Author:

The modern researcher / by Jacques Barzun and Henry F. Graff.

Edition:

4th ed.

Publication:

San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ©1985.

Description:

xxiii, 450 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-431) and index.
pt. 1. First principles: -- Research and report as historian's work -- The abc of technique -- pt. 2. Research: -- The searcher's mind and virtues -- Finding the facts -- Verification -- Handling ideas -- Truth and causation -- Pattern, bias, and the great systems -- Historians in Europe and America -- Relic-hunting, anti-history, and social science -- pt. 3. Writing: -- Organizing: paragraph, chapter, and part -- Plain words: the war on jargon and clichés -- Clear sentences: right emphasis and rhythm -- The arts of quoting and translating -- The rules of citing: footnotes and bibliography -- Revising for printer and public.

Resources:
Author photo

ISBN:

0151614792
9780151614790
0155625128 (pbk.)
9780155625129 (pbk.)
0156614839
9780156614832

Subject:

Historiography.
Academic writing.
Writing.
Report writing.
Investigación Metodología.
Autores.
Historiographie.
Rapports Rédaction.
Écriture savante.
Écriture.
writing (processes)
historiography.
Historiografía
Wissenschaftliche Literatur
Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten
Einführung
Wetenschap.
Uitgeven.
Onderzoek.
Rapporteren.

Form/genre:

Handbook
Einführung.
handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Guides et manuels.

Added entries:

Graff, Henry F. (Henry Franklin), 1921-2020.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 28010
Call No.: ID D13 REF; ID:88-B13848
Status: Available