Writing Research Papers: A Complete Guide

by James D. Lester, James D. Lester Jr.

The definitive research paper guide, Lester combines a traditional and practical approach to the research process with the latest information on researching and writing online. Comprehensive, but not overwhelming, Lester provides students with step-by-step guidance through the research writing process from selecting and narrowing a topic, to formatting the finished document. And it backs up the instruction with the most complete array of samples of any research writing guide on the market. Another of the text's ongoing strengths is its extremely thorough and accurate coverage of citation styles for a wide variety of disciplines. This edition maintains Lester's successful approach while detailing the uses of new computer technologies that are changing the face of research. In addition, an all-new Interactive Edition CD-ROM offers the entire text in an electronic format for easy reference while writing and researching on a computer. Numerous multimedia features interactive research activities, weblinks, and resources. The CD is FREE when bundled with the text.Available at an unbelievably low price in two formats-perfect and spiral-bound with tabs-Lester's text is one that students will keep throughout their college careers.

Genres: Writing, Reference, Nonfiction, Research, School, Academic, Education

448 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1971

Reviews

[Shaghayegh · Rating 2 out of 5]

چرا امتحانام تموم نمیشن؟🙂🫠

[Jeremy Gardiner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Though I read almost every page for class, this is really meant to be used as a reference tool for when you need help on a specific issue.

One star removed for some really outdated advice on tech. For example, they recommend Ask, Dogpile, and Yahoo as search engines (43) and talk about how you can do discussion groups "even with audio and video, in some cases" (19).

[Missy LeBlanc Ivey · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best book for writing and sourcing research papers...and what I'm thinking about is writing my family history.

[Tori]

Writing Research Papers: A Complete Guide by James D. Lester (1993)

[Dody]

One of the more helpful books in writing my thesis! Keep it handy!

[Wcuriouss · Rating 4 out of 5]

Writing Research Papers by James Lester is a useful guide. It also gives many examples of the thesis, introduction, etc. I realized it is more for humanities, argumentative, or literary essays rather than STEM-style research.

[Narjes · Rating 5 out of 5]

كتاب بحث

[Salomeja Sandroschvili · Rating 5 out of 5]

ნარმალნა, ვერ დავემდურები. დეტალურად იყო. იმდენად, რომ მკაფიოდ მახსოვს, თუ პირადი საუბრისას ვინმეს ნათქვამი ჩემი ნაშრომის ინსპირაცია იქნება, უნდა მივუთითო, ამ ადამიანის სახელსა და გვართან ერთად :დ

[Meltha · Rating 1 out of 5]

Meh. Fair, but nothing spectacular. Used the 13th edition.

ETA: And now I'm using the 14th edition. I'm still trying to see what on earth they've changed that required a new edition. Also, one of the James D. Lesters credited above should have a Jr. after his name.

ETA2: I'm now up through chapter 12 in an 18 chapter book, and all the changes thus far have been cosmetic: changing fonts, choosing different colors for headings, the occasional slightly rephrased sentence. I am growing highly suspicious.

Well, I have now finished. And there was absolutely no reason why they needed to update over the previous edition with this. It's essentially identical except for a few changes that mess enough with page numbers so they no longer match. This sort of ruse to make students buy new texts and limit the reselling of used books, all while charging truly ridiculous prices for the text, really gets me mad.

[Jen · Rating 3 out of 5]

good, consistent text book.

[Darlene Roszkowski · Rating 1 out of 5]

Awful. More effort should be spent telling how to write a research paper than actually showing research papers that others have written.