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Write No Matter What Advice for Academics

Jensen Joli

ISBN: PB: 9780226461700, ISBN: HB: 9780226461670, University of Chicago Press, May 2017
192 pp., 21.6x14 cm

With growing academic responsibilities, family commitments, and inboxes, scholars are struggling to fulfill their writing goals. A finished book – or even steady journal articles – may seem like an impossible dream. But, as Joli Jensen proves, it rea...

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Colouring Books for Adults

Doodling for Academics A Coloring and Activity Book

Schumacher Julie

ISBN: PB: 9780226467047, University of Chicago Press, April 2017
96 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 40 line drawings

To an outsider, working as a university professor might seem like a dream: summers off, a few hours of class each week, an exchange of ideas with brilliant colleagues, books and late afternoon lattes... Who wouldn't envy that life? But those in the t...

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Thinking Like a Political Scientist A Practical Guide to Research Methods

Howard Christopher

ISBN: PB: 9780226327549, ISBN: HB: 9780226327402, University of Chicago Press, March 2017
248 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 6 figures, 9 tables

Each year, tens of thousands of students who are interested in politics go through a rite of passage: they take a course in research methods. Many find the subject to be boring or confusing, and with good reason. Most of the standard books on researc...

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Chicago Guide to Communicating Science Second Edition

Montgomery Scott L.

ISBN: PB: 9780226144504, University of Chicago Press, February 2017
312 pp., 23x15 cm, 19 line drawings

For more than a decade, "The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science" has been the go-to reference for anyone who needs to write or speak about their research. Whether a student writing a thesis, a faculty member composing a grant proposal, or a publi...

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Art of Creative Research A Field Guide for Writers

Gerard Philip

ISBN: PB: 9780226179803, ISBN: HB: 9780226179773, University of Chicago Press, February 2017
240 pp., 21.6x14 cm

All writers conduct research. For some this means poring over records and combing, archives but for many creative writers research happens in the everyday world – when they scribble an observation on the subway, when they travel to get the feel for a...

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Going Public A Guide for Social Scientists

Stein Arlene, Daniels Jessie

ISBN: PB: 9780226364780, ISBN: HB: 9780226364643, University of Chicago Press, February 2017
224 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 9 line drawings, 1 table

At a time when policy discussions are dominated by "I feel" instead of "I know," it is more important than ever for social scientists to make themselves heard. When those who possess in-depth training and expertise are excluded from public debates ab...

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Immersion A Writer's Guide to Going Deep

Conover Ted

ISBN: PB: 9780226113067, ISBN: HB: 9780226416168, University of Chicago Press, October 2016
192 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm

Over three and a half decades, Ted Conover has ridden the rails with hoboes, crossed the border with Mexican immigrants, guarded prisoners in Sing Sing, and inspected meat for the USDA. His books and articles chronicling these experiences, including...

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Craft of Research Fourth Edition

Booth Wayne C., Colomb Gregory G., Williams Joseph M., Bizup Joseph, FitzGerald William T.

ISBN: PB: 9780226239736, ISBN: HB: 9780226239569, University of Chicago Press, October 2016
336 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm, 19 halftones, 7 line drawings, 8 tables

With more than three-quarters of a million copies sold since its first publication, "The Craft of Research" has helped generations of researchers at every level – from first-year undergraduates to advanced graduate students to research reporters in...

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Requirements for Certification of Teachers, Counselors, Librarians, Administrators for Elementary and Secondary Schools Eightieth Edition, 2015-2016

Kaye Elizabeth A.

ISBN: HB: 9780226261935, University of Chicago Press, September 2016
320 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm

This annual volume offers the most complete and current listings of the requirements for certification of a wide range of educational professionals at the elementary and secondary levels".Requirements for Certification" is a valuable resource, making...

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Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking

Borel Brooke

ISBN: PB: 9780226290935, ISBN: HB: 9780226290768, University of Chicago Press, September 2016
192 pp., 21.6x14 cm, 11 halftones, 2 line drawings

"A column by Glenn Garvin on Dec. 20 stated that the National Science Foundation 'funded a study on Jell-O wrestling at the South Pole'. That is incorrect. The event took place during off-duty hours without NSF permission and did not involve taxpayer...

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