A-manual-for-writers-of-research-papers-theses-and-dissertations

eaders' questions, objections, and alternativesreasonsanticipation of, 7, 10–11, 49, 53–54argument and, acknowledgment and response to, 49–50, 53–54, 70first draft and, 70secondary sources illuminating, 26So What? question (see significance) spirit of research and, 130defined, 21doubt of, drafting and, 76evidence distinguished from, 52evidence search and, 21ordering of (see ordering principles)outlining of, 63–64poster presentations and, 127quality of, 52–53readers' objections to, anticipation of, 53relevance of (see warrants)speculative, 22storyboard and, 21–22See also argument; evidencereference librarians, 29–30reference lists, 221–223arrangement of entries: alphabetical and chronological by author, 221–222, 225, 233–234; categorizedlistings, 223, 404; computer software and, 221; multiple works by same author or group of authors, 221–222, 225; subheads in, 223, 404; works without named author or editor, 222, 225defined, 216–217example notation explained, 229format requirements, 402, 404general patterns of, 217–221; abbreviations, 221; capitalization, 217, 220; indentation, 221; numbers,220; order of elements, 217; punctuation, 217; templates for, 218–220; typography of titles, 220headnote explaining choices in, 223, 403omitted sources, by convention, 223