Making Sense: A Student's Guide to Research and Writing

The Making Sense series comprises four concise and accessible guides to research and writing for use by students at all levels of undergraduate study.

Designed especially for students in the humanities, Making Sense: A Student's Guide to Research and Writing outlines the basics of style, grammar, and usage and presents guidelines for and examples of four reference styles: MLA, APA, CMS, and CBE. It offers valuable advice on current trends in humanities thinking and research; writing business reports, lab reports, and book reports; writing resumés and letters of application; giving oral presentations; and writing tests and exams. The sixth edition features up-to-date MLA and APA information, new material on evaluating Internet sources and avoiding plagiarism, and new and updated examples.