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Rules of Thumb: A Guide for Writers, 8/e

Jay Silverman, Nassau Community College
Elaine Hughes, late of Nassau Community College
Diana Roberts Wienbroer, Nassau Community College, emerita

Features

Reflects the latest style guidelines, including 2009 MLA and 2008 APA documentation rules.
Features updated coverage of research methods, including scholarly sources now available online and an expanded section on "Going Beyond Google and Wikipedia."
Adds new and expanded coverage of repetition, verb tenses, introductions, and conclusions.
Gives students access to hundreds of practice exercises as well as a sample research paper and a list of valuable sources in the supplement Good Measures, now available online.
Free access to Catalyst: A Tool for Writing and Research. This powerful writer's resource offers online grammar support, diagnostic skills checks, Bibliomaker software that formats source information in the MLA, APA, Chicago, CBE, and COS documentation styles, and much more.

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