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Working with Sources

Exercises for Hacker HandbooksSecond Edition ©2021New Edition Available Diana Hacker; Nancy Sommers

Working with Sources: Exercises for Hacker Handbooks gives students the practice they need to become both capable and responsible research writers. The book’s coverage ties into handbook coverage to give students context and extra practice. Topics include the following:

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Home Features New to This Edition

forming research questions
forming thesis statements
integrating sources
avoiding plagiarism
identifying citation elements
documenting sources

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55 exercise sets covering MLA, APA, and Chicago style research writing
Detailed answer key providing specific feedback for each exercise
Cross references to relevant handbook coverage
Revised exercises reflect 2020 APA style updates

New to This Edition

55 exercise sets covering MLA, APA, and Chicago style research writing

Detailed answer key providing specific feedback for each exercise

Cross references to relevant handbook coverage

Revised exercises reflect 2020 APA style updates

Working with Sources

Diana Hacker; Nancy Sommers

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Working with Sources

Second Edition 2021

Diana Hacker; Nancy Sommers

Research questions
MLA
Thesis statements in MLA papers
Avoiding plagiarism in MLA papers
Recognizing common knowledge in MLA papers
Integrating sources in MLA papers
MLA documentation: in-text citations
MLA documentation: identifying elements of sources
MLA documentation: works cited
MLA documentation
APA
Thesis statements in APA papers
Avoiding plagiarism in APA papers
Recognizing common knowledge in APA papers
Integrating sources in APA papers
APA documentation: in-text citations
APA documentation: identifying elements of sources
APA documentation: reference list
APA documentation
Chicago (CMS)
Thesis statements in Chicago (CMS) papers
Avoiding plagiarism in Chicago (CMS) papers
Recognizing common knowledge in Chicago (CMS) papers
Integrating sources in Chicago (CMS) papers
Chicago (CMS) documentation: identifying elements of sources
Chicago (CMS) documentation: notes
Chicago (CMS) documentation: bibliography
Chicago (CMS) documentation
Answers to Exercises

Working with Sources

Second Edition 2021

Diana Hacker; Nancy Sommers

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Diana Hacker

Diana Hacker personally class-tested her handbooks with nearly four thousand students over thirty-five years at Prince George’s Community College in Maryland, where she was a member of the English faculty. Hacker handbooks, built on innovation and on a keen understanding of the challenges facing student writers, are the most widely adopted in America. Hacker handbooks, all published by Bedford/St. Martin’s, include A Writer’s Reference, Ninth Edition (2018); A Pocket Style Manual, Eighth Edition (2018); The Bedford Handbook, Tenth Edition (2017); Rules for Writers, Eighth Edition (2016); and Writer’s Help 2.0, Hacker Version.

Nancy Sommers

Nancy Sommers, who has taught composition and directed composition programs for thirty years, now teaches in Harvard’s Graduate School of Education. She led Harvard’s Expository Writing Program for twenty years, directing the first-year writing program and establishing Harvard’s WAC program. A two-time Braddock Award winner, Sommers is well known for her research and publications on student writing. Her articles “Revision Strategies of Student and Experienced Writers” and “Responding to Student Writing” are two of the most widely read and anthologized articles in the field of composition. Recently she has been exploring different audiences through blogging and through publishing in popular media. Sommers is the lead author on Hacker handbooks, all published by Bedford/St. Martin’s, and is coauthor of Fields of Reading, Tenth Edition (2013).