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Becker  \nTricks of the Trade  \nHoward S. Becker  \nWriting for Social Scientists  \nHoward S. Becker  \nWhat Editors Want  \nPhilippaJ. Benson and Susan C. Silver  \nPermissions, A Survival Guide  \nSusan M. Bielstein  \nThe Craft of Translation  \nJohn Biguenet and Rainer Schulte, editors  \nThe Craft of Research  \nWayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams  \nThe Dramatic Writer’s Companion  \nWill Dunne  \nGlossary of Typesetting Terms  \nRichard Eckersley, Richard Angstadt, Charles M. Ellerston, Richard Hendel, Naomi B. Pascal, and Anita Walker Scott  \nWriting Ethnographic Fieldnotes Robert M. Emerson, Rachel I. Fretz, and Linda L. Shaw  \nLegal Writing in Plain English  \nBryan A. Garner  \nFrom Dissertation to Book  \nWilliam Germano  \nGetting It Published  \nWilliam Germano  \nThe Craft of Scientific Communication  \nJoseph E. Harmon and Alan G. Gross  \nStorycraft  \nJack Hart  \nA Poet’s Guide to Poetry  \nMary Kinzie  \nThe Chicago Guide to Collaborative Ethnography  \nLuke Eric Lassiter  \nHow to Write a BA Thesis  \nCharles Lipson  \nCite Right  \nCharles Lipson  \nThe Chicago Guide to Writing about Multivariate Analysis  \nJane E. Miller  \nThe Chicago Guide to Writing about Numbers  \nJane E. Miller  \nMapping It Out  \nMark Monmonier  \nThe Chicago Guide to Communicating Science  \nScott L. Montgomery  \nIndexing Books  \nNancy C. Mulvany  \nDevelopmental Editing  \nScott Norton  \nGetting into Print  \nWalter W. Powell  \nThe Subversive Copy Editor  \nCarol Fisher Saller  \nA Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations  \nKate L. Turabian  \nStudent’s Guide for Writing College Papers  \nKate L. Turabian  \nTales of the Field  \nJohn Van Maanen  \nStyle  \nJoseph M. Williams  \nA Handbook of Biological Illustration  \nFrances W. Zweifel  \nA Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations  \nChicago Style for Students and Researchers  \nKate L. Turabian 8th Edition  \nRevised by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, and the University of Chicago Press Editorial Staff  \nThe University of Chicago Press Chicago and London  \nPortions of this book have been adapted from The Craft of Research, 3rd edition, byWayne C. Booth, Gregory C. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams, © 1995, 2003, 2008 by The University of Chicago; and The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition, © 2010 by The University of Chicago.  \nThe University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637  \nThe University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London © 2007, 2013 by The University of Chicago All rights reserved. Published 2013.  \nPrinted in the United States of America  \n22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 1 2 3 4 5  \nISBN-13: 978-0-226-81637-1 (cloth)  \nISBN-13: 978-0-226-81638-8 (paper)  \nISBN-13: 978-0-226-81639-5 (e-book)  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Turabian, Kate L.  \nA manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations : Chicago Style for students and researchers / Kate L. Turabian ; revised byWayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, and the University of Chicago Press editorial staff.—Eighth edition.  \npages cm.—(Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing)  \n“Portions of this book have been adapted from The Craft of Research, 3rd edition, byWayne C. Booth, Gregory C. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams, © 1995, 2003, 2008 by The University of Chicago;  \nand The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition, © 2010 by The University of Chicago”—title page verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN 978-0-226-81637-1 (cloth : alkaline paper)—ISBN 978-0-226-81638-8 (paperback : alkaline paper)  \n—ISBN 978-0-226-81639-5 (e-book) 1. Dissertations, Academic-Handbooks, manuals, etc.  \n2. Academic writing-Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Booth, Wayne C. II. Colomb, Gregory G.  \nIII. Williams, Joseph M. IV. Title. V. 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