A Short Guide to Academic Writing

By Andrew P. Johnson

Book Overview

A Short Guide to Academic Writing de-mystifies the process of writing and describes everything that is needed to write in an academic and professional style. Contained are instructions related to the writing process and what the product should look like. Written in a crisp, concise style, Andrew Johnson makes these ideas easily accessible to readers of all levels of writing experience. This text contains information that is appropriate for any undergraduate or graduate student who is learning to write academic papers or professional documents using APA (5th edition) style.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761825037
• ISBN13: 9780761825036
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Does What You Would Expect

This is a very good tool for the academic / technical writer. Those of you that have been out of school for a while will really appreciate this guide. It is a wonderful review of Mrs. Walters' Senior Composition class or Eng111 in college with Dr. Reynolds. While there are no new revelations experienced here, it floods you with the memories of how you should write a paper. I would suggest that you: 1. Do a 30 minute review of the text, getting the big picture. 2. The next day review the text for 1 hour, placing sticky tabs with labels for quick reference. 3. Start writing with "A Short Guide to Academic Writing" just out of arms reach. This way you have to actually get up and leave your writing to retrieve the answer to your question (works for me - try it).

everything you need to know and nothing more!

This book describes exactly how to put together an academic paper. This could be used for masters or doctoral level students as well as for college freshman and sophomores. Johnson describes the process of finding sources, taking notes, organizing your notes and looking for groups, drafting, and revising. He also gives the specifics of APA citations, reference pages, seriation, some basic grammar and other mechancis. An Masters or Doctoral student should buy this just for the section that describes exactly goes into each chapter of a thesis or dissertation. This book is short, to the point, and very easy to read and understand.