Designed as a "self-contained guide," this clear and efficient handbook takes students through the steps and strategies of writing research papers in many disciplines.

It introduces two documentation styles for the humanities and two for the social and natural sciences, giving instructors tremendous flexibility in adapting the guide to discipline-specific assignments.

Comprehensive discussions cover three types of research papers across the curriculum: reports on studies and experiments, review of literature papers, and critical papers.

Update on electronic media as sources of information and as means of doing bibliographic searches keeps student abreast of current realities in research.