Cathy Spalding - The Everything Guide To Writing Research Papers Book: Ace Your Next Project With Step-by-step Expert Advice!

The
EVERYTHING
Guide to Writing Research Papers

Dear Reader:

Is this your first research paper? I can clearly remember the first research paper I worked on. I had no idea that I was supposed to be doing anything different than I had done for previous reports, so I sailed through and eventually handed in what I thought was a wonderful paper. Then it was graded and I got a C.

What a shock! If I had done some background reading, or if I had really been paying attention to what my instructor was saying, I might have realized that there is much more to it. Ive forgotten the topic of that paper, but I will always remember getting that big red C when I thought deserved an A.

Maybe youre in the same circumstance. Maybe youve already done one or more research papers but you seem to be missing something. The grades on your papers are never as high as you are capable of getting. If thats the case, this book is for you.

Whether you read through all of it or just the parts that answer your specific questions, youll be able to fill in the missing pieces in your next research paperand maybe earn that A!

THE

GUIDE TO
WRITING
RESEARCH PAPERS

Ace your next project with
step-by-step expert advice!

Cathy Spalding

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Spalding, Cathy.
The everything guide to writing research papers / Cathy Spalding.
p. cm. (An everything series book)
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Report writingHandbooks, manuals, etc. 2. ResearchHandbooks,
manuals, etc. I. Title. II. Series: Everything series.
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