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Chicago Manual of Style

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ISBN-10: 0618767231

ISBN-13: 9780618767236

Edition: 2007

Authors: Robert Perrin

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This concise, easy-to-navigate guide presents the key principles and usage rules promoted in the current edition of The Chicago Manual of Style. Essential for any course requiring CMS documentation style, Pocket Guide is a convenient, portable reference that helps students write properly documented papers.
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Book details

List price: $43.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: CENGAGE Learning
Publication date: 12/17/2006
Binding: Comb Bound 
Pages: 176
Size: 4.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English

Robert Perrin (Ph.D., University of Illinois--Champaign/Urbana) is currently Chairperson of the Department of English at Indiana State University, after serving as Director of Writing Programs for seventeen years. He has won the University's Caleb Mills Award for distinguished teaching and the Theodore Dreiser Award for distinguished research, as well as the College of Arts and Sciences' Distinguished Professor award. He has published numerous articles on composition and teaching and has published seven textbooks and research guides, including The Beacon Handbook (six editions) and Handbook for College Research (three editions).

Writing Scholarly Papers
Subject and Topic
Thesis Statements, Hypotheses, or Stated Objectives
Research Goals
Research Methods
Evaluating Sources
Note-Taking
Plagiarism
Planning
Writing Strategies
Preparing Chicago-Style Manuscripts
Parts of the Manuscript
General Manuscript Guidelines
Following Chicago Editorial Style
Punctuation and Mechanics
General Style
Word Choice
Preparing Endnotes, Footnotes, and the Bibliography
Endnotes and Footnotes--An Overview
Placing Note Numbers in the Paper
Information for Endnotes and Footnotes
Format for Endnotes and Footnotes
Positioning Endnotes and Footnotes
Multiple Notes from the Same Source
Multiple References in the Same Source
The Bibliography--An Overview
Information for Bibliographic Entries
Format for Bibliographic Entries
Alphabetizing the Bibliography
Specialized Elements of a Bibliography
Quotations
Preparing Note Forms for Books and Other Separately Published Materials
A Book by One Author
A Book by Two or Three Authors
A Book by Four or More Authors
A Book with No Author Named
A Book by an Author Using a Pseudonym
A Book with an Organization as Author
An Edition Other Than the First
A Revised or Enlarged Edition
A Reprinted Book
A Multivolume Work
An Edited Collection
A Selection in an Edited Collection
Multiple References to the Same Collection
An Article in an Encyclopedia or Other Reference Work
A Work in a Series
An Imprint
A Translation
A Government Document--Congressional Record
A Government Document--Committee, Commission, Department
A Preface, Introduction, Foreword, Epilogue, or Afterword
A Pamphlet or Brochure
Published Proceedings from a Conference
A Dissertation
A Book Written in a Language Other Than English
Sacred Writings
A Secondary Source
Preparing Note Forms for Periodicals
An Article in a Journal with Continuous Paging
An Article in a Journal with Separate Paging
An Article in a Monthly Magazine
An Article in a Weekly Magazine
An Article in a Newspaper
An Editorial or a Letter to the Editor
A Review
An Abstract from Dissertation Abstracts International
A Secondary Source
Preparing Note Forms for Audiovisual Sources
A Film
A Filmstrip
A Television Broadcast
A Radio Broadcast
A Recording
A Performance
An Interview
A Transcript
A Lecture or Speech
A Work of Art
An Exhibit
A Map, Graph, Table, or Chart
A Cartoon
Preparing Note Forms for Electronic Sources
An Online Scholarly Project, Information Database, or Professional Website
A Source from an Online Scholarly Project, Information Database, or Professional Website
An Online Book
An Article in an Online Journal
An Article in an Online Magazine
An Article in an Online Newspaper
An Article in an Online Encyclopedia or Other Reference Source
An Online Government Document
An Online Transcript of a Lecture or Speech
An Online Work of Art
An Online Exhibit
An Online Map, Graph, Table, or Chart
An Online Transcript of a Television or Radio Broadcast
An Online Audio Source
A CD-ROM Source
An E-mail Interview
An Online Posting
Examining a Sample Paper Sample Paper
"Walking into History
The Legacy of the Lincoln Memorial" (Jarah Estes-Cooper)
Parts of the Chicago-Style Paper
Chicaog-Style Abbreviations
Sample Pages
Bibliographic Entries