URBAN ISSUES: Selections from CQ Researcher SIXTH EDITION
CQ Researcher
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4522-2678-1 • ©2013 • 341 PAGES •
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Is extreme poverty growing? Is business-style competition a good model for improving schools? Are downtowns
making a sustainable comeback? These are just some of the provocative questions your students will find in the
new edition of Urban Issues. For current coverage of urban politics, your students will appreciate the balanced and
unbiased reporting of CQ Researcher. Urban Issues gives them a window into how policy is made and implemented
and is sure to spark classroom debate. Each chapter examines the key players, stakes, and lessons for the future,
while covering the range of fact, analysis, and opinion surrounding each issue. Advancing critical thinking, each report
includes the following useful features: a pro/con box that examines two competing sides of a single question; a
detailed chronology; an annotated bibliography and web resources; and photos, charts, graphs, and maps.
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Study Skills and Student Reference
UPDATED EDITION OF BESTSELLER
THIS BOOK IS [NOT] REQUIRED: An Emotional and Intellectual Survival Manual for
Students FIFTH EDITION
Inge Bell • Bernard McGrane, Chapman University • John Gunderson, Chapman University • Terri L.
Anderson, University of California, Los Angeles
This Fifth Edition of the underground classic This Book is Not Required: An Emotional and Intellectual Survival
Manual for Students breaks new ground in participatory education, offering insight and inspiration to help
undergraduates make the most of their college years. This edition continues to teach about the college experience
as a whole—looking at the personal, social, intellectual, technological, and spiritual demands and opportunities—
while incorporating new material highly relevant to today's students. The material is presented in a personable and
straightforward manner, maintaining Dr. Inge Bell's illuminating writing style throughout, and inviting students to take
responsibility for, and make the most of, their educational experiences.
CONTENTS PART I. ACADEMICS AND LEARNING / 1. Welcome to College / 2. Grades: Can You Perform Without the Pressure? / 3. Technology
and Learning / 4. Everybody Hates to Write / PART II. NAVIGATING THE INSTITUTION / 5. Support Your Local Teacher: Or the Care and Feeding of
Professors / 6. An Academic Question / 7. Questions of Academic Integrity / 8. Wisdom and Knowledge / 9. Pursuing Wisdom in the Academy / 10.
Adventures in Desocialization / 11. Media Me / PART III. SURVIVAL STRATEGIES / 12. Survival Skills / 13. Love / 14. Trouble With Parents / 15. The
Painful Avenues of Upward Mobility Test / 16. Graduation: What They Forgot to Mention / 17. The Career: Friend or Foe? / 18. Directing Your Own
Development
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4522-1718-5 • ©2014 • 352 PAGES •
UPDATED EDITION OF BESTSELLER!
AN EASYGUIDE TO APA STYLE SECOND EDITION
Beth M. Schwartz, Randolph College • R. Eric Landrum, Boise State University • Regan A.R. Gurung,
University of Wisconsin, Green Bay
Master APA style and format quickly and easily! Written by experienced psychology instructors who are respected
members of the APA's Teaching of Psychology division, this guide provides an easy alternative for anyone struggling with
APA style. Written in a clear, conversational, and humorous style, this book presents easy-to-understand explanations
of how to write research papers, cite research, and do any work requiring APA format. The authors simplify the process
with easy-to-follow advice, tips, and visual representations of how to use APA style. This updated edition includes easyto-read screen shots as well as guidance on where to find answers to commonly asked student questions.
CONTENTS SECTION I. OVERVIEW / 1. Style Versus Format: Why It Matters to Your Audience and Why It Should Matter to You / 2. Your Visual Table
of Contents QuickFinder / SECTION II. WRITING WITH (APA) STYLE: BIG-PICTURE ITEMS / 3. Bare-Bones Fundamentals: General Writing Tips Specific
to APA Style / 4. A Quick Grammar Summary for APA-Style Writing / 5. Thou Shalt Not Steal (or Be Lazy): Plagiarism and How to Avoid It / 6. Avoiding
Biased Language / SECTION III. WRITING WITH (APA) STYLE: GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS / 7. Whodunit (or Said It)? Citing Sources in Text / 8.
How, What, When, Who, and Where? A step-by-Step Playbook of Your Method / 9. How Did It All Turn Out? Writing About Statistics and Associated
Fun / 10. Everybody Needs References / SECTION IV. PRESENTING YOUR WORK IN APA FORMAT / 11. The Numbers Game: How to Write Numbers
(and When the Rules Change) / 12. Formatting: Organizing, Headings, and Making Your Work Look Good to Print / 13. Table That Motion: The
Special Challenges of Tables and Figures / 14. Make Microsoft Word 2010 Work for You: APA Formatting / SECTION V. SOME NITTY-GRITTY DETAILS
/ 15. Making a List, No Apps Required: Enumeration and Seriation / 16. The Devil Is in the Details: Abbreviations, Signs, Symbols, and Punctuation
/ SECTION VI. IN CLOSING: IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS / 17. Using Rubrics: Knowing What It Means to Write a Good Paper / 18. Get It Right!
Proofreading the Entire Paper / 19. Complete Sample of an Experimental (Research) Paper: Samples, Anyone? / 20. All Together Now: How to Avoid
the Most Common Mistakes
SPIRAL ISBN: 978-1-4522-6839-2 • ©2014 • 256 PAGES •
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