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Summary: Would you like MLA or APA with that?
Review: "Writing Research Papers: A complete Guide" is essential to those who write these papers often. The first 130 pages serve as a basic review of Information and rot Data collection mixed with organizational schemes, parallelism and whatnot. The last 250 pages discuss in detail Modern language Association (MLA) format and American Psychological Association (APA) format research papers. I personally recommend that you buy the tabbed book, while it is more expensive; it provides easy access to the very difficult APA Reference page material and data. In all honesty, the only real importance to this book is the APA materials, as MLA is intrinsically easy, and most people who pick up this book have already dealt with the basic material, which is at the front of the book. This book offers some use to the more experienced research paper writers, and exponentially more to those with less experience.
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Summary: The author comments on his book.
Review: Have you discovered that you have no idea about how to cite an Internet source? Have you wondered about the differences between MLA style and APA style? Have you asked if the footnote style still exists? If so, here's the book that will answer all of your questions about organizing the paper, finding the best sources, citing those sources in your text, and preparing a precise and correct list of works cited. This book is called a complete guide for a good reason: it provides answers to almost any question you might have. It has been around now for over 30 years, and it has been updated regularly to keep it current with contemporary trends. For example, it was the first book of this kind to recognize that students were writing with computers, and it has kept pace, even to the point of shrinkwrapping with the book a supplement called CITING CYBERSPACE. Thus, you can be assured that this research manual, which has now sold 3 million copies, is the one you need for your work in all fields--for MLA style, APA style, footnote style, and the number style.
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Summary: The BEST Research Paper book available for HS or College!
Review: I have been teaching research papers to high school students for six years. Three years ago I was introduced to James Lester's book. I can not believe how it has changed the way I teach and what my students learn. In one book I can go from selecting a topic and gathering data to organizing ideas, writing notes and an outline, and formatting the paper. It includes lenghthy sections on both the MLA and APA styles as well as the footnote, number (endnote), and name and year systems. My students have gone to college and returned to tell me that, according to their professors, their papers were "by far the best one[s] in the class in knowledge of citing sources." I can't give this book any higher praise than that.
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Summary: Lester in the High School
Review: I have used Lester's works in an accelerated High School Class on Research and Writing. With very few exceptions, this book will prepare the High School Senior for Writing College Papers. It especially hones in on the MLA and APA methods of formatting papers and gives a brief description for each of the following: Chicago Turabian, Numbers and CBE forms for writing. This is a MUST book for highly motivated seniors who have a firm direction.
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Summary: Lester in the High School
Review: I have used Lester's works in an accelerated High School Class on Research and Writing. With very few exceptions, this book will prepare the High School Senior for Writing College Papers. It especially hones in on the MLA and APA methods of formatting papers and gives a brief description for each of the following: Chicago Turabian, Numbers and CBE forms for writing. This is a MUST book for highly motivated seniors who have a firm direction.
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Summary: For the best grades, this is the book.
Review: I used this book for a research paper in an english writing class. The instructor recommended the book and used it extensively. This was probaly the best class I had ever had. By using this book I learned the fine points of research as well as how to write a very good paper in APA style. I look at other students in my classes that have not been as luckly as me to have such a good reference book, and they wonder why I always get the best grades.
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Summary: Lester & Lester, Jr's Writing Research Papers, 10th Ed.
Review: I've written both MLA and APA research papers, and now I teach research writing. THIS IS THE ONE. I use a textbook (usually focusing on Argument/Rhetoric) and Lester's as the reference. It provides a wealth of solid advice, examples, outlines, guides, visuals and Web site addresses. Even though this as an English course, practically none of my students are English majors... so why teach MLA only when they'll have to use APA (social sciences) or CBE (science majors) in the not too distant future? This book addresses that and includes CMS (Humanities, Fine Arts). The appendix is EXCELLENT with the locations of sources for multiple disciplines ranging from Anthropology to Women's Studies.If your not an English major (and most aren't) and you want to learn research writing from source material to presentation style, this is the reference book.
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Summary: Lester & Lester, Jr's Writing Research Papers, 10th Ed.
Review: I've written both MLA and APA research papers, and now I teach research writing. THIS IS THE ONE. I use a textbook (usually focusing on Argument/Rhetoric) and Lester's as the reference. It provides a wealth of solid advice, examples, outlines, guides, visuals and Web site addresses. Even though this as an English course, practically none of my students are English majors... so why teach MLA only when they'll have to use APA (social sciences) or CBE (science majors) in the not too distant future? This book addresses that and includes CMS (Humanities, Fine Arts). The appendix is EXCELLENT with the locations of sources for multiple disciplines ranging from Anthropology to Women's Studies. If your not an English major (and most aren't) and you want to learn research writing from source material to presentation style, this is the reference book.
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Summary: research paper
Review: need to know how to do a research papel!
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Summary: Writing Research Papers... -- Entertainmentopia Review
Review: This was required as my text book for my English 102 class at Mesa Community College in Mesa, Arizona, so even if I didn't like the book I would have had to buy it. As it stands, the book gives a wealth of information needed on the two primary writing styles, MLA and APA. While the book gives ample time to each of them most English teachers, unless they have something physically wrong with them, like to use MLA style which is easier for students to write in. The book is spiral bound which makes using it easier because you can open it to a page and there is no nasty crease, and you can fold it back when your turn the page to keep it small on your desk, especially if you have alot of notes. The only thing to be said is that, since it is primarily used as a college text book, it falls apart faster than a Ford Truck. Pages will rip out during use and the pages themselves are very thin and prone to ripping. You more than likely don't have any choice on this book as it will be required for class, just take good car of it and it should work out good enough to get some money back when you trade it to the bookstore. --Erich Becker liked English 102, and 101...
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