This is the most comprehensive book available that deals specifically with writing sociology papers. An ideal self- contained reference/manual for both beginning and advanced researchers alike, it combines the latest sociology research and writing techniques with a broad spectrum of writing activities. Includes examples of completed sociological studies. Includes a Handbook of Style for Sociology (a reference on the most-often encountered problems with grammar, on specific formats, and on citing sources); detailed instruction on How to Conduct Research in Sociology (organizing the research process; information in the library and on the Internet; conducting quantitative research); How to Think Critically and Argue Persuasively (an introduction to logic, and instruction on how to avoid fallacies); and specifics on researching, writing, and formatting a variety of sociological papers (issue reaction papers, social analysis papers, critical evaluations of sociological literature, social service agency case studies, and sociological survey papers). For anyone involved in writing or reading sociological research.

The Sociology Student Writer's Manual (2nd Edition)

Garrison, Stephen M.

Scott, Gregory M.

Johnson, William A.

Rettig, Richard P.

Literature & Fiction

Pearson College Div

This reference/manual helps both beginning and advanced students learn (1) how to research and write in sociology, and (2) how to improve their writing ability in general. It combines the latest sociology research and writing techniques with a broad spectrum of writing activities, gives specific directions for writing a variety of papers in sociology—from introductory to advanced—, and provides instructions on how to write and how to format the paper and cite sources following the American Sociological Association's guidelines. Writing as Communication. Writing Competently. Formats. Citing Sources. Organizing the Research Process. Sources of Information. Internet Resources and Distance Learning. Doing Social Research. Social Issue Papers for Introductory Courses. Critical Evaluation of Sociological Literature. Quantitative Research Papers. Qualitative Research Papers. For sociology students.

The Sociology Student Writer's Manual (3rd Edition)

Garrison, Stephen

Reference

PRENTICE/HALL

The Criminal Justice Student Writer's Manual is designed to teach beginners how to conduct criminal justice research and write papers in the discipline. Topics include: Writing as Communication; Writing Competently; Formats; Citing Sources; Organizing the Research Process; Information and Distance Learning; Brief Writing Assignments; Agency Case Studies; and Policy Analysis Papers.

The Criminal Justice Student Writer's Manual (2nd Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

The most comprehensive book available that deals specifically with writing sociology papers, this updated reference/manual helps users learn how to research and write in sociology, and how to improve their writing ability in general. Based on the authors' extensive experience in teaching a variety of sociology courses, it combines the latest sociological research and writing techniques with a broad spectrum of writing activities. It gives specific directions for writing a variety of papers in sociology—from introductory to advanced—while also providing instructions on how to write and how to format the paper and cite sources following the American Sociological Association's guidelines. The manual gives users the guidance they need to tackle projects of all complexities. The author details writing as communication, writing competently, formats, sources, conducting research in sociology, and how to write different types of sociology papers. For those interested in writing in a sociological framework.

The Sociology Student Writer's Manual, Fourth Edition

This book is designed to teach users how to conduct criminal justice research and write papers in the discipline. It includes coverage of the writing process and the mechanics of writing, how to conduct research and cite sources, and guidelines for writing several different types of common criminal justice papers. Up-to-date information on criminal justice research on the World Wide Web offers readers current strategies and resources for Internet research. For anyone conducting research and/or producing writing in the criminal justice field.

The 'criminal Justice Writer's Manual

Scott, Greg M.

Legal Theory & Systems

In Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire, William Johnson examines the system and culture of reading among the elite in second-century Rome. The investigation proceeds in case-study fashion using the principal surviving witnesses, beginning with the communities of Pliny and Tacitus (with a look at Pliny's teacher, Quintilian) from the time of the emperor Trajan. Johnson then moves on to explore elite reading during the era of the Antonines, including the medical community around Galen, the philological community around Gellius and Fronto (with a look at the curious reading habits of Fronto's pupil Marcus Aurelius), and the intellectual communities lampooned by the satirist Lucian. Along the way, evidence from the papyri is deployed to help to understand better and more concretely both the mechanics of reading, and the social interactions that surrounded the ancient book. The result is a rich cultural history of individual reading communities that differentiate themselves in interesting ways even while in aggregate showing a coherent reading culture with fascinating similarities and contrasts to the reading culture of today.

Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire: A Study of Elite Communities (Classical Culture and Society)

History

Ancient Civilizations

Oxford University Press

Ancient Literacies: The Culture of Reading in Greece and Rome

Classicists have been slow to take advantage of the important advances in the way that literacy is viewed in other disciplines (including in particular cognitive psychology, socio-linguistics, and socio-anthropology). On the other hand, historians of literacy continue to rely on outdated work by classicists (mostly from the 1960's and 1970's) and have little access to the current reexamination of the ancient evidence. This timely volume attempts to formulate new interesting ways of talking about the entire concept of literacy in the ancient world--literacy not in the sense of whether 10% or 30% of people in the ancient world could read or write, but in the sense of text-oriented events embedded in a particular socio-cultural context. The volume is intended as a forum in which selected leading scholars rethink from the ground up how students of classical antiquity might best approach the question of literacy in the past, and how that investigation might materially intersect with changes in the way that literacy is now viewed in other disciplines. The result will give readers new ways of thinking about specific elements of "literacy" in antiquity, such as the nature of personal libraries, or what it means to be a bookseller in antiquity; new constructionist questions, such as what constitutes reading communities and how they fashion themselves; new takes on the public sphere, such as how literacy intersects with commercialism, or with the use of public spaces, or with the construction of civic identity; new essentialist questions, such as what "book" and "reading" signify in antiquity, why literate cultures develop, or why literate cultures matter. The book derives from a conference (a Semple Symposium held in Cincinnati in April 2006) and includes new work from the most outstanding scholars of literacy in antiquity (e.g., Simon Goldhill, Joseph Farrell, Peter White, and Rosalind Thomas).

Parker, Holt N

Classics

The Omics: Applications in Neuroscience summarizes the state of the art in high-throughput approaches (collectively known as 'Omics') in neurology and neuroscience, and is of interest to both neurologists tracking the progress of these methods towards clinical applications, and neuroscientists curious about the most recent advances in this ever-changing field. The explosion of high-throughput assays has introduced large datasets, computational servers, and bioinformatics approaches to neuroscience, and medicine in general. The book includes a rich survey of the most relevant Omics applications and how they relate to neurology and neuroscience. The reader is given an overview of the method, a perspective on the current and future applications, and published examples illustrating practical uses.

The Essential Herodotus: Translation, Introduction, and Annotations by William A. Johnson

Breathing new life into the writings of the West's first historian, The Essential Herodotus combines balanced selections of his work with succinct commentary and notes. The first collection of its kind, this volume presents Herodotus's well-known writings on politics and war alongside his research on folk traditions, foreign cultures, and natural wonders. William A. Johnson's clear and lively translations make the original texts accessible in all their richness. Ideal for novices and historians alike, The Essential Herodotus reminds a 21st-century audience why these texts have stood the test of time.

United States

In Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire, William Johnson examines the system and culture of reading among the elite in second-century Rome. The investigation proceeds in case-study fashion using the principal surviving witnesses, beginning with the communities of Pliny and Tacitus (with a look at Pliny's teacher, Quintilian) from the time of the emperor Trajan. Johnson then moves on to explore elite reading during the era of the Antonines, including the medical community around Galen, the philological community around Gellius and Fronto (with a look at the curious reading habits of Fronto's pupil Marcus Aurelius), and the intellectual communities lampooned by the satirist Lucian. Along the way, evidence from the papyri is deployed to help to understand better and more concretely both the mechanics of reading, and the social interactions that surrounded the ancient book. The result is a rich cultural history of individual reading communities that differentiate themselves in interesting ways even while in aggregate showing a coherent reading culture with fascinating similarities and contrasts to the reading culture of today.

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The Sociology Student Writer's Manual (2nd Edition)

The Sociology Student Writer's Manual (3rd Edition)

The Criminal Justice Student Writer's Manual (2nd Edition)

The Sociology Student Writer's Manual, Fourth Edition

The 'criminal Justice Writer's Manual

Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire: A Study of Elite Communities (Classical Culture and Society)

Ancient Literacies: The Culture of Reading in Greece and Rome

The Essential Herodotus: Translation, Introduction, and Annotations by William A. Johnson

The Essential Herodotus: Translation, Introduction, and Annotations by William A. Johnson

Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire: A Study of Elite Communities (Classical Culture and Society)