| A Pocket Style Manual | 
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Sales Rank: 21858
Category: Book
Author: Diana Hacker
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Studio: Bedford/St. Martin's
Manufacturer: Bedford/St. Martin's
Label: Bedford/St. Martin's
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Spiral-bound
Edition: 5th
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 4.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0312452756
Dewey Decimal Number: 808
EAN: 9780312452759
ASIN: 0312452756
Publication Date: January 14, 2008
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Product Description
"A Pocket Style Manual" provides student writers with the answers to their writing and research questions. With Diana Hacker's trademark straightforward and unpretentious style, "A Pocket Style Manual" is one-third of the price of full-sized handbooks and the book's small size and spiral binding make it as easy to use as it is to carry. It is a reference students can, and will, use on their own. Signature Hacker features help students find the information they need and understand what they find: quick-reference tabs and menus; clean, uncluttered pages; accessible explanations; hand-edited examples; and a user-friendly index.It also offers the ground rules of good writing. In every discipline students need a firm grasp of key skills. A checklist for global revision and practical advice throughout prompts students to review their essays for focus, organization, content, style, and use of sources - universal concerns in all academic writing. It provides discipline-focused advice for research and writing, from thesis to documentation. Students can plan and draft their papers using specific advice for writing and working with sources in humanities and social sciences, with the most up-to-date guidelines for citing sources."A Pocket Style Manual" answers students' writing and research questions. Its concise and straightforward content is flexible enough to suit the needs of students on all courses and its slim format, brief length, and spiral binding make it a portable and practical tool.
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 Straightforward Guide; Expanded Fifth Edition September 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A Pocket Style Manual covers five sections on writing: clarity, grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and--the most important of all--citations. Straightforward and clear, this manual offers no frills, just the basics to writing research papers.
The new fifth edition teaches how to cite new sources (podcasts, Wikipedia, blogs, MP3s, etc.) and even where to find citation information. It also includes more diverse research paper examples (including nursing and business) and offers more help to ESL students.
Personally, I used A Pocket Style Manual just for its sections on citations. It covers MLA, APA, and Chicago style. Many of my college courses would demand different styles for research papers, and having this slim, accessible book made it much easier to skip from style to style. I barely used the other sections, not because they were faulty, but because there are more engaging resources out there.
Overall, it's a solid resource to have if you're a college student. Diane Hacker also has a useful Web site (http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/pocket5e/) that contains much of the same information as her pocket book. I have the print version, because it's useful to have on hand at anytime, and I hate reading books online. Get the cheaper fourth edition (A Pocket Style Manual), if you think the fifth (see second paragraph) doesn't add anything you need.
 Pointless September 19, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had to buy this book for a class, and it is pointless. All the information can be found for free online, so it is pretty much a waste of $20.
 Great Tool for Your Writing August 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am excited to use the MLA tools in this pocket guide for writing my college papers. There is so much in this little book, and was worth ever cent of my purchase. There are lots of little things that students forget like noun/verb agreement, and possession. It is very helpful, and every student should have this!
A pocket style manual October 2, 2007
its an excently book to have handy. its very helpful for every class thats consists of writting.
Pocket Size Portfolio September 4, 2007
The pocket size portfolio I received was in great condition and came in a timely manner.
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