A Writer's Reference with 2009 MLA Update |  | Author: Diana Hacker
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
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Edition: 6th
Pages: 512
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Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 6.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0312593325
Dewey Decimal Number: 808
EAN: 9780312593322
ASIN: 0312593325
Publication Date: July 6, 2009
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Click here to find out more about the 2009 MLA Updates and the 2010 APA Updates. A Writer’s Reference is the most widely adopted college handbook ever published. The new edition is available in a classic version that provides more help with academic writing, serves a wider range of multilingual students, and lends more support for college research — all in an easy-to-use quick-reference format. Now for all the ways you teach your course, you can choose the classic version or choose from among 4 additional versions with varied content. - A Writer’s Reference with Exercises is tailor-made for classroom use or for additional grammar practice with 86 integrated exercise sets.
- A Writer’s Reference with Writing in the Disciplines provides help for college writing beyond composition with advice and models in six academic disciplines.
- A Writer’s Reference with Writing about Literature includes an entire tabbed section on interpreting and writing about works of literature, with two annotated student essays.
- A Writer’s Reference with Extra Help for ESL Writers includes an entire tabbed section for nonnative speakers of English; it offers targeted advice and strategies for college writing and research.
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 Should be required in all learning institutions August 16, 2009
Deborah Mccain (California)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I have used the Diana Hacker books since entering graduate school years ago. As a late re-entry into higher education, I had been schooled in footnotes, etc. Using this books kept me aware of the revised requirements for citation and formatting.
Unfortunately, many institutions of higher learning buy reference guides that are packaged with a textbook. They are very often outdated or difficult to use.
I refer my students to Hacker's website, and provide my copy for student use in the classroom.
A must have for teachers December 23, 2009
Robyn (Fallon, NV, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Hacker's 2009 Style Manual is a must have for teachers; especially for English teachers who will teach paper writing. This book covers everything from how to write MLA, CMS, and APA papers along with how to write introductions, thesis statements, body paragraphs, parenthetical (in-text) documentations, and conclude with works cited pages. I know as a teacher if I could buy a copy for every single one of my students, I would. They are writing papers for my Freshmen class (High School) and each of the presentations I am doing on each part of the paper, I have referenced this book.
best reference book ever! December 27, 2009
A. Furukawa (Seattle, WA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A Writer's Reference is the best reference book ever! I am amazed at the amount of information contained in it. I especially like the format and the concise explanations within each categories. It is my "go to" book and is the best reference book I've ever purchased.
The All-time Best-selling College Textbook April 10, 2010
C. J. Singh (Berkeley, California, USA)
"A WRITER'S REFERENCE" is a handsomely redesigned compact version of "The Bedford Handbook" by Diane Hacker.
I taught editing workshops for many years at the University of California Berkeley extension, using "The Harbrace Handbook as the basic textbook, and at the suggestion of a colleague, I agreed to take a look at his favorite, "A Writer's Reference." The first thing I noticed was its publisher's claim that The Bedford Handbook/A Writer's Reference is the all-time best-selling college textbook. For years, I had been introducing the Harbrace Handbook to my classes by quoting its publisher's identical claim. (Sic gloria transit mundi.)
Perusing the Bedford/A Writer's Reference, I found it decidedly more user-friendly. For example, Harbrace's opening chapters on grammar introduce adjectival and adverbial clauses without adequate explanations, which discourages many students. In contrast, Bedford/A Writer's Reference begins its grammar section with the traditional parts of speech; Harbrace mentions "parts of speech" only in its Glossary of Terms at the very end of the book.
A WRITER'S REFERENCE offers a special edition with Extra Help for ESL Writers that devotes almost one hundred pages of grammar issues and intensive exercises (with solutions) addressed to them. Most helpful. As American-English is fast becoming the choice second-language globally, its publisher's claim is entirely credible.
Particularly impressive is Bedford's section on researching online, with its advice to watch out for dubious websites. For example, in researching hazards of using cell-phone while driving: "In particular, some sites were sponsored by the wireless communications industry, which has an obvious interest in preventing laws restricting use of its products. Even a site sponsored by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis seemed somewhat suspect, since the wireless industry funded the center's study concluding that the risk of using a cell phone while driving is low compared with other risks."
Bedford/A Writer's Reference invites readers to visit its open-access website comprising: electronic writing exercises; electronic grammar exercises; electronic research exercise; resources for writers and tutors; model papers; research online, and language debates. This feature makes Bedford a truly amazing tool for self-learning.
The pages on Language Debates, I hope, will be enhanced in future editions. Too few entries; for example fewer/less usage issue is not mentioned. Moreover, Bedford makes no mention of Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage, published in 1989, which comprises 2300 usage issues and 20,000 quotations from writers. On the fewer/less issue, the MWDEU book presents a detailed history, with a cheery endorsement of "less" with count nouns; for example, "Ten items or less" sign on the express lanes at supermarkets is perfectly acceptable. (No doubt the editors of the Bedford are aware of MWDEU; however, the books they cite are much more prescriptive.)
The Bedford/A Writer's Reference is the most user-friendly college-writing handbook.
-- C J Singh
Like New! June 1, 2010
Connie M. Castellano (NY)
I purchased the Writer's Reference as a used book and it is perfect - looks new! Thank you!
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