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Your
Professor
Of his college education, James Garfield recalled his
Williams College professor: "Give me ... a simple
bench, Mark Hopkins on one end and I on the other."
Follow Garfield's example. Sit with a professor on a
bench to talk about your writing. Other faculty may
be useful, too.
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The
Writing Center
320 Ladd Hall. Click here
for the Center's hours. |
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CITS
These cool cybergeeks in Harder Hall and the Library (1st
floor) will show you how to use your word processor effectively
and print your paper just the way you want. |
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Your
Friends
Friends will offer suggestions on your paper and even
proof your paper (after you have proofed it carefully
yourself). Return the favor. |
| Writing:
Skidmore Help |
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Rik
Scarce's Writing Tips
Professor
Scarce's "Advice, Hints, and Teensy Pearls of Wisdom
for Weary and Wary Writers" intended especially for
sociology students. |
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The
Skidmore Guide to Writing
Your Skidmore bible on writing. Printed version is available
at the Skidmore Shop. Click here
for the Web version.
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The
Writing Center
Located in Ladd Hall, the Center offers both general
and specific information about writing at Skidmore College.
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Click
here for Skidmore information
on plagiarism and related ethical issues. |
| Writing
Sociology: The ASA Style Guide |
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American
Sociological Association's Style Guide
Your bible for style and format in sociology papers.
Published by the American Sociological Association.
Nitty-gritty info in just 39 pages. Follow this Style
Guide (closely!) in your sociology papers.
The
Style Guide is available in 217 Tisch Learning
Center, just off the department office. The Skidmore
shop may have copies, too, or click here
to order your own copy for ($5 for ASA members; $10
for nonmembers).
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| Writing
Sociology: Other Useful Guides |
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Professor Scarce's Writing
Tips noted above, here are several more guides
to writing sociology. They are available in 217 Tisch
Learning Center. |
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The
Sociology Student Writer's Manual by William A. Johnson
et al. |
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A
Short Guide to Writing About Social Science by Lee
Cuba |
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A
Guide to Writing Sociology Papers by the Sociology
Writing Group |
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The
Student Sociologist's Handbook by Pauline Bart and
Linda Frankel |
| Writing
Sociology: The Big Picture and Inspiration |
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are a couple of sources more concerned with approaches
to and strategies for writing sociology than with details
and mechanics of writing. Each will motivate you as you
write your paper. |
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"On
Intellectual Craftsmanship" by C. Wright Mills, an
appendix in his Sociological Imagination |
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Writing
for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your
Thesis, Book, or Article by Howard S. Becker
Published in 1986 and still helpful.
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Tricks
of the Trade: How to Think About Your Research While
You Are Doing It by Howard S. Becker
Becker's 1998 follow-up to Writing for Social Scientists.
Click here
for entire first chapter (on "Tricks").
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