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Full Description
The Making Sense series offers clear, concise guides to research and writing for students at all levels of undergraduate study. Designed especially for students in geography and the environmental sciences, this volume outlines general principles of style, grammar, and punctuation while also covering issues such as how to conduct academic research in geography and the environemental sciences, how to write essays and reports, how to document sources, and howto give an oral presentation.Revisions to the sixth edition of Making Sense in Geography and Environmental Sciences include a new section on thinking critically and coverage of new developments in technology-based research and writing. Summaries have been added to the end of chapters to improve student comprehension of material and references, and dates and examples have been updated throughout the text. Finally, the chapter on CSE, APA, and MLA style has been revised to be completely up to date.
Contents
Preface ; Acknowledgements ; A Note to the Student ; 1. Thinking and Writing ; 2. Searching and Researching ; 3. Writing and Reading Lecture Notes ; 4. Writing a Report on a Book or an Article ; 5. Writing an Essay ; 6. Writing a Proposal, Research Paper, and Thesis ; 7. Quotations and Documentation ; 8. Participation, Group Assignments, and Presentations ; 9. Writing a Lab Report ; 10. Writing Examinations ; 11. Doing Field Work and Writing about It ; 12. Illustrating Your Work ; 13. Words: Gender, Race, and Other Sensitivities ; 14. Writing with Style ; 15. Grammar and Usage ; 16. Punctuation ; 17. Misused Words and Phrases ; 18. Important Definitions ; Appendix 1: Weights, Measures, and Notation ; Appendix 2: Selected Journals of Interest to Geographers and Environmental Scientists ; Appendix 3: Selected Websites of Interest to Geographers and Environmental Scientists ; Index
