Useful Writing Guides
These are just a few of the websites and books that are available. Consult the Ottenheimer Library at UALR for more resources.
Links to Style Manuals:
Style Manuals
Research Documentation Guides
Purdue Library
IFLA
Duke Library
CSULB Library
Links to Purchase Books Online:
General Books
The Readable Thesis: A Guide to Clear and Effective Writing by Darrel Walters
Guide to the Successful Thesis and Dissertation : A Handbook for Students and faculty by James E. Mauch and Jack W. Birch
How to Write a Thesis: A Guide to the Research Paper by Harry Teitlebaum
Writing with Style: Conversations on the Art of Writing by John Trimble (Used at UALR)
Doing Qualitative Research by David Silverman
Handbook of Applied Social Research Methods by Leonard Bickman, Debra J. Rog, editors.
The Craft of Research, Third Edition (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing, paperback) by Booth, Colomb, and Williams
A Manual For Writers 6th edition by Kay L. Turabian
The Chicago Manual of Style 14th edition
The Modern Researcher by Barzun and Graff (Last print 1992:5th edition)
Humanities
Professional Academic Writing in the Humanities and Social Sciences by Susan Peck MacDonald
Music
A Short Guide to Writing About Music 2nd edition by Jonathan Bellman
Irvine’s Writing About Music 3rd edition by Irvine Demar
A Guide to Research in Music Education, 5th Edition by Lawrence Ferrara
Exploring Research in Music Education and Music Therapy by Kenneth H. Phillips
Psychology
Dissertations and Theses from Start to Finish: Psychology and Related Fields by John D. Cone
Designing and Reporting Experiments by Peter Harris
Writing Papers in Psychology: A Student Guide to Research Reports, Essays, Proposals, Posters, and Brief Reports by Ralph and Mimi Rosnow
Writing Psychological Reports: A Guide for Clinicians by Wolber and Carne
Political Science
The Political Science Student Writer’s Manual by Scott and Garrison (4th Edition, paperback)
Writing a Research Paper in Political Science by Lisa Baglione
Political Science Research Methods by Johnson and Reynolds
Sociology
The Sociology Student Writer’s Manual, (5th Edition, paperback) by William A. Johnson (Author), Richard P. Rettig (Author), Gregory M. Scott (Author), Stephen M. Garrison (Author)
A Guide to Writing Sociology Papers (Group author)
Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article, Second Edition (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing, paperback) by Becker and Richards
Handbook of Interview Research: Context & Method by Jaber F. Gubrium (Editor), Dr. James A. Holstein (Editor)
Improving Survey Questions: Design and Evaluation (Applied Social Research Methods, paperback) by Dr. Floyd J. Fowler (Author)
Updated 3.15.2010
