Making Sense in Geography and Environmental Sciences : A Student's Guide to Research and Writing
ISBN: 9780195445824 | 0195445821
Edition: 5thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 4/26/2012
Why Rent from Knetbooks?
Because Knetbooks knows college students. Our rental program is designed to save you time and money. Whether you need a textbook for a semester, quarter or even a summer session, we have an option for you. Simply select a rental period, enter your information and your book will be on its way!
Top 5 reasons to order all your textbooks from Knetbooks:
- We have the lowest prices on thousands of popular textbooks
- Free shipping both ways on ALL orders
- Most orders ship within 48 hours
- Need your book longer than expected? Extending your rental is simple
- Our customer support team is always here to help
The Making Sense series offers clear, concise guides to research and writing for students at all levels of undergraduate study. The volumes in the Making Sense series - covering humanities courses, the social sciences, life sciences, and engineering - are intended for students in anyundergraduate course with a research and writing component, but they are especially appropriate for those at the first-year level.Revisions to the fifth edition of Making Sense in Geography and Environmental Sciences: A Student's Guide to Research and Writing includ... MORE
| Preface | p. iv |
| Acknowledgements | p. vi |
| A Note to the Student | p. vii |
| Thinking and Writing | p. 1 |
| Searching and Researching | p. 19 |
| Writing and Reading Lecture Notes | p. 56 |
| Writing a Report on a Book or an Article | p. 66 |
| Writing an Essay | p. 73 |
| Writing a Proposal, Research Paper, and Thesis | p. 93 |
| Quotations and Document... MORE | p. 105 |
| Presentations and Group Work | p. 131 |
| Writing a Lab Report | p. 151 |
| Writing Examinations | p. 160 |
| Doing Field Work and Writing about It | p. 171 |
| Illustrating Your Work | p. 184 |
| Words: Gender, Race, and Other Sensitivities | p. 214 |
| Writing with Style | p. 221 |
| Grammar and Usage | p. 238 |
| Punctuation | p. 252 |
| Misused Words and Phrases | p. 269 |
| Important Definitions | p. 283 |
| Weights, Measures, and Notation | p. 311 |
| Selected foumals of Interest to Geographers and Environmental Scientists | p. 313 |
| Selected Websites of Interest to Geographers and Environmental Scientists | p. 317 |
| Index | p. 322 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
Margot Northey is a specialist in communications and the former dean of the School of Business at Queen's University. David B. Knight is a geographical research and performance consultant and a former professor of geography at Carleton University and the University of Guelph. Dianne Draper is a professor of geography at the University of Calgary.
Related Products
Making Sense in Geography and ...
Please wait while this item is added to your cart...
