Preface Acknowledgments In each chapter: Stop and Consider Chapter 1. What Is Information? Information and Being Literate about Information Being Overwhelmed--This Is a Process? Ideas Into Practice Chapter 2. Says Who? The Writer's Authority, the Writer's Voice The Rhetorical Situation Establishing Ethos Voice and Writing Ideas into Practice Chapter 3. But You Said This Was Collaborative: Plagiarism Understanding Plagiarism Avoiding Plagiarism Ideas into Practice Chapter 4. Who Cares? Identifying the Problem Finding a Topic Turning Personal Interests Into Appropriate Research Topics Finding Significance and Identifying an Audience Crafting a Thesis or Posing a Research Question Ideas into Practice Chapter 5. The Wikipedia Problem: Evaluating and Trusting Sources in a Digital Age Research in a Digital Age Evaluating Sources The Good News: Using Wikipedia and Google Effectively Determining Appropriate Resources Ideas into Practice Chapter 6. What Counts and Why? Finding and Engaging Sources Finding Resources Finding Sources Online Finding Sources in the Library Interviewing and Field Research: Generating Your Primary Data Ideas into Practice Chapter 7. Yours, Mine, or Ours? Integrating Resources From Research to Writing Integrating Resources: Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Quoting Ideas into Practice Chapter 8.

Now I Have Evidence: Writing and Crafting Your Research Crafting your Argument Organizing and Strategizing Planning and Drafting Creating the Body of Your Research Ideas into Practice Chapter 9. What's Appropriate? Citing Sources and Citation Formats Understanding Citations Bibliographies, Works Cited, and References The In-Text Citation Ideas Into Practice Chapter 10. What Now? Revising, Presenting, Reviewing Revising Taking One Last Look at Your Thesis Presenting Your Research Communicating Your Data or Research Visually The Final Checkup Conclusion Ideas into Practice Appendix A Sample Student Essay 1: MLA Appendix B Sample Student Essay 1: APA Credits Index.