Pocket Handbook

A truly portable reference guide, offering coverage of all of the topics that you would expect to find in a bigger and more expensive handbook, now can be customized for nine different disciplines!FeaturesThis compact (only 208 pages) and inexpensive quick reference guide can be used as a main text or as a supplement in any course.Colored bars that identify major sections of the book correspond to the bars on the cover, providing a quick and easy access tool.Close-up boxes that explain concepts in greater detail are identified with a magnifying glass icon.Computer icons identify information that students will use as they write and revise papers on their computers.MLA, APA, CMS, CBS, and COS styles of documentation are covered.Three complete student papers are presented in order to illustrate the writing process and MLA and APA documentation.New To The Second EditionParts 6, 7, and 8 can be customized to fit one of nine different disciplines: psychology, sociology, history, political science, communication, pre-law, biological sciences, physical sciences, or engineering. Written by experts in the field, each version will have discipline-specific examples of writing with sources, documenting sources, and practical writing.An expanded and updated Part 6 now includes more on writing research papers (Chapter 27) as well as two new chapters, "Using and Evaluating Library Sources" (Chapter 28) and "Using and Evaluating InternetLaurie G. Kirszner is the author of 'Pocket Handbook', published 2002 under ISBN 9780155051218 and ISBN 0155051210.