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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Northey, Margot, 1940-
Other Authors: Knight, David B.
Language:English
Published: Toronto, Ont. ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
Physical Description:xii, 282 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Variant Title:
Geography & environmental studies.
Geography and environmental studies.
Format: Book
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
  • Grammar and usage
  • Punctuation
  • Quotations and documentation
  • Catchlist of misused words and phrases
  • Definitions
  • Appendix: weights, measures, and notation.