WHO SAYS The Writer's Research [Paperback]

Now in a new edition,Who Says? The Writer's Researchis an innovative and brief research guide focusing on information literacy. The text shows students not onlyhowto do research but alsowhyresearch is important.

Written for today's college student,Who Says?addresses contemporary research issues head on:
--What does it mean to conduct research in an age when we are bombarded by collaborative information through online media and databases like Wikipedia?
--Who owns this information? How do we know?
--As information circulates and changes, do the lines between audience and author blur?
--How should these changes alter our expectations as readers and as writers?

By prompting students to think critically about matters of ownership and authority,Who Says?not only shows students how to find and incorporate credible sources in their writing, but also encourages students to synthesize their own ideas with the ideas of others, leading them to develop more confident and compelling voices as writers.

Preface
Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 What Is Information?
Information and Being Literate about Information
Being Overwhelmed--This Is a Process?
Ideas Into Practice

Chapter 2 Says Who? The Writer's Authority, the Writer's Voice
The Rhetorical Situation
Establishing Ethos
Voice and Writing
Ideas Into Practice

Chapter 3 But You Said This Was Collaborative: Plagiarism
Understanding Plagiarism
Avoiding Plagiarism
Ideas Into Practice

Chapter 4 Who Cares? Identifying the Problem
Finding a Topic
Turning Personal Interests Into Appropriate Research Topics
Finding Significance and Identifying an Audience
Crafting a Thesis or Posing a Research Question
Ideas Into Practice

Chapter 5 The Wikipedia Problem: Evaluating and Trusting Sourcesls%