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This easy-to-use writing guide shows readers how to think, research, and write like a political scientist and includes new coverage of current practices in using electronic databases and Internet sources.
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In this third edition, Schmidt (California State University-Chico) continues to address the essential vocabulary, sources, and methods of inquiry necessary for effective research and writing in this discipline. This edition's expanded coverage of current practices in research using electronic databases and Internet sources now conforms to the ALA's Information Competency Standards for Higher Education. Also new is an expanded and revised section on primary and secondary data sources, and an expanded discussion of ethics and plagiarism. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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