This book has helped generations shape their ideas into compelling research papers. Preface, Research and Writing, What Research Is and How Researchers Think About It, Defining a Project: Topic - Question - Working Hypothesis, Finding Useful Sources, Engaging Your Sources, Constructing Your Argument, Planning a First Draft, Drafting Your Paper, Presenting Evidence in Tables and Figures, Revising Your Draft, Writing Your Final Introduction and Conclusion, Revising Sentences, Learning From Comments on Your Paper, Presenting Research in Alternative Forums, On the Spirit of Research, Source Citation, General Introduction to Citation Practices, Notes-Bibliography Style: The Basic Form, Notes-Bibliography Style: Citing Specific Types of Sources, Author-Date Style: The Basic Form, Style, Spelling, Punctuation, Names and Special Terms and Titles of Works, Numbers, Abbreviations, Quatations, Tables and Figures, Appendix: Paper Format and Submission, Bibliography, Index.