A new Developing Your Argument chapter teaches students how to build compelling arguments from sound evidence and guides them through the process from deciding their initial position on an issue to developing a line of argument and a cohesive thesis statement. In-process examples from new featured writers Nicholas Brothers and Cori Schmidtbauer model argument development.
New, more intuitively organized section on writing your document breaks the processes of drafting and revising down into more discrete steps as it guides students from developing an argument through organizing, drafting, using sources, writing with style, revising, editing, and designing a finished project.
Practical advice for presenting research in ways that go beyond the traditional written essay, including multimodal essays, articles, Web sites, oral presentations, multimedia presentations, and poster presentations. Chapter 19 includes design guidelines and provides starting points and models for students’ own work, while practical advice on presentations helps students address the challenge of talking about their work with an audience.
New emphasis on managing the research process in Chapter 6 calls attention not only to fundamental project-management principles but also to new ways to put those principles into practice. From using online tools and research strategies to understanding the opportunities and limitations that shape a given project, The Bedford Researcher helps students manage not just their sources but their entire research writing process.
An online e-book and an extensive suite of free and premium electronic resources. The free companion Web site includes interactive exercises extending the book tutorials, downloadable activities so students can make real progress on their own projects, extensive examples from the book’s featured student writers, and carefully chosen links to reliable Web and print resources on a range of topics. Premium resources can be packaged or purchased separately, including an online e-book and VideoCentral video tutorials. Students can also purchase The Bedford Researcher e-Book in popular e-book formats for computers, tablets, and e-readers.