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About the Book
About the Book
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The Little, Brown Handbook has always addressed both the most current and the recurrent needs of composition teachers and students while remaining an accessible reference and comprehensive classroom text.
Authoritative and accessible, The Little, Brown Handbook helps writing students find what they need and then use what they find. One of the best–selling handbooks on the market, it provides comprehensive coverage of writing, research and grammar, with detailed discussions of critical thinking and argument, using computers and the Internet for writing and research, the latest guidelines for citing sources correctly in MLA, APA, CMS, CSE and COS styles, and writing in the disciplines.
The new edition of this handbook favorite includes expanded coverage of Avoiding Plagiarism, and now offers the most extensive coverage of ESL in any handbook with new "Language and Culture" notes that occur throughout. The ninth edition also features discussions of visual literacy and argument and new, integrated references to the text's completely revised Companion Website throughout. Accompanied by the CompSolutions plus Interactive Ebook of the text, The Little, Brown Handbook retains all the hallmarks that has made it a bestseller over the years while continuing to meet the needs of a new generation of students.
Features
- Approachable, yet authoritative, coverage of the writing process, research, and grammar has continued to make this one of the best selling handbooks of all time.
- Part II, "Computers in Writing," includes chapters on essential computer skills, document design, and Web composition, while dozens of computer tips and links to Web resources appear throughout the text.
- Extensive, up–to–date, coverage of MLA, APA, CMS, CSE and COS styles of citation include numerous models and step–by–step explanations of citing electronic sources.
- Detailed discussion of research includes relevant coverage of Internet research with particular attention to evaluating online sources, and a detailed case study, as well as expansive treatment of integrating sources and avoiding plagiarism.
- Extensive, three-chapter sequence on critical thinking and argument includes examples of critical reading such as a sample annotated reading and an extended analysis of a Web site.
New to this Edition
- New, integrated references to material on the greatly expanded Companion Website appear throughout the text. This powerful online resource now includes new video tutorials, over 1,000 interactive exercises, sample student papers and more.
- The CompSolutions Plus Interactive Ebook on CD accompanies every student copy, offering a complete, searchable version of the text in electronic format complete with video and audio clips on key topics throughout, interactive exercises and weblinks. An access card provides online entry to the Longman CompSolutions Website which includes our interactive Avoiding Plagiarism tutorial, Research Navigator, and Longman's Writer's Warehouse.
- The ESL notes throughout the text have been added to and expanded into "Language and Culture" notes, offering premier coverage for not only non–native speakers, but for students who may experience dialect issues as well.
- New coverage of Visual Literacy and Argument encourages students to look critically at images and discusses how visuals can be used appropriately in their work.
- Expanded coverage of integrating sources and avoiding plagiarism draws special attention to this important aspect of the research paper. Additional material online includes the Avoiding Plagiarism tutorial and video tutorials on using sources appropriately.
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