Develop the research skills you need for success in academic, career and everyday situations with Miller-Cochran/Rodrigo’s “Cengage Guide to Research” 4th Edition. Recognizing that technology, including generative AI, is a part of your daily life, the authors show you how to apply the research skills you use every day (when you're buying a car or choosing a cell phone plan, for example) to academic and professional settings. Annotated student samples, research scenarios and Techno Tips show you how and why researching and key research technologies are important to success. MindTap works alongside this guide by offering interactive digital tools and resources that help you improve your research and writing skills.
Part I: PREPARING FOR RESEARCH.
1. Research and the Rhetorical Situation.
2. Writing Processes.
3. Identifying a Topic.
DIY: Writing a Research Proposal.
Part II: CONDUCTING RESEARCH.
4. Finding Resources through Secondary Research.
5. Conducting Primary Research.
6. Rhetorically Reading, Tracking, and Evaluating Resources.
7. Understanding Plagiarism and Integrating Resources.
DIY: Writing a Review of Research.
Part III: REPORTING ON RESEARCH.
8. Developing an Argument.
9. Selecting and Integrating Evidence.
10. Sharing the Results.
DIY: Presenting Your Research Results.
Part IV: FORMATTING YOUR RESEARCH.
11. Understanding Citation Styles Rhetorically.
12. MLA Guidelines.
13. APA Guidelines.
14. CMS Guidelines.
15. CSE Guidelines.
DIY: Writing a Rhetorical Analysis of Citations.
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Susan K. Miller-Cochran
Susan K. Miller-Cochran, now director of the Writing Program at The University of Arizona, helped shape the First-Year Writing Program at North Carolina State University while serving as director from 2007-2015. Prior to that, she was a faculty member at Mesa Community College in Arizona. Dr. Miller-Cochran serves as president of the Council of Writing Program Administrators (2015-2017). Her work focuses on the intersections of technology, second-language writing, and writing program administration. Widely published and a popular presenter, Dr. Miller-Cochran is also a co-author with Rochelle L. Rodrigo on the CENGAGE GUIDE TO RESEARCH (Cengage Learning). She received both her Master of Teaching English as a Second Language (MTESL) and her Ph.D. in English, with a concentration in Rhetoric/Composition and Linguistics, from Arizona State University.
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Rochelle Rodrigo
In addition to being the 2024 NCTE President, Rodrigo is the Senior Director of the Writing Program; Associate Professor in the Rhetoric, Composition and the Teaching of English (RCTE) and Associate Writing Specialist (Continuing Status) in the Department of English at the University of Arizona. She researches how newer technologies better facilitate communicative interactions, specifically teaching and learning. Her scholarly work has appeared in Computers and Composition, C&C Online, Technical Communication Quarterly, Teaching English in the Two-Year College, EDUCAUSE Quarterly, Journal of Interactive Technology & Pedagogy, Enculturation¸ Journal for Research and Practice in College Teaching, as well as various edited collections. In 2018, she became an Adobe Education Leader; in 2014, she was awarded Old Dominion University’s annual Teaching with Technology Award; in 2012, the Digital Humanities High Powered Computing Fellowship and in 2010, she became a Google Certified Teacher/Innovator.
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This edition has been extensively revised to include generative AI in the research process. Class tested and researched insights help users navigate the fine line between appropriate and inappropriate uses of generative AI.
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The conversation about the rhetorical situation now includes an emphasis on method of delivery, in addition to author, audience and purpose.
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This edition includes more support for using technology during the process of writing and researching, not just for the final product. This content is complemented by new Techno Tips on such topics as using mobile apps for recording interviews and quoting from audio or video files.
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Expanded and up-to-date documentation help for MLA, APA, CMS and CSE style follows the recently published 8th edition of Scientific Style and Format.
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To help students hone their writing skills, the conversation about the rhetorical situation now includes an emphasis on method of delivery, in addition to author, audience and purpose.
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Screenshots and other images are labeled to highlight key points, offering "at-a-glance" help.
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MindTap for English complements this guide by providing interactive tools and resources that further enhance students' research and writing skills.
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