These texts were instrumental in helping create this guide. In general, they are excellent resources for you if you wish to learn more about academic writing. Where possible, we have included the link to these texts in Rider's library database (see left sidebar).
1. Ballenger, Bruce. The Curious Researcher: MLA Update Edition. 6th Ed. New York:
Longman, 2009. Print.
2. Ballenger, Bruce, and Michelle Payne. The Curious Reader: Exploring Personal and
Academic Inquiry. 2nd Ed. New York: Longman, 2005. Print.
3. Elbow, Peter. Writing without Teachers. 25th Anniversary Ed. New York: Oxford UP,
1998. Print.
4. Elbow, Peter, and Pat Belanoff. A Community of Writers: A Workshop Course in Writing.
New York: McGraw/Hill 1998. Print.
5. Gardner, Janet. Writing About Literature. 2nd Ed. with 2009 MLA update. New York:
Bedford/St. Martin's, 2009. Print.
6. Graff, Gerald, and Cathy Birkenstein. "They Say/I Say:" Moves that Matter in Academic
Writing.2nd Ed. New York: W. W. Norton, 2009. Print.
7. Greene, Stuart, and April Lidinsky. From Inquiry to Academic Writing: A Text and Reader
with 2009 MLA Update and 2010 APA Updates. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2011.
Print.
8. Hacker, Diana. A Pocket Style Manual. 5th Ed. with 2009 MLA update. New York:
Bedford/St. Martin's, 2009. Print.
9. Harris, Joseph. Rewriting: How to do Things with Texts. Logan, UT: Utah State UP, 2006.
Print.
10. Kennedy, X. J., Dorothy M. Kennedy, and Marcia F. Muth. Writing and Revising: A
Portable Guide. 2009 MLA Update. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2009. Print.
11. Murray, Donald. Write to Learn. 8th Ed. Boston: Wadsworth, 2004. Print.
12. Murray, Donald. The Craft of Revision. 5th Ed. Boston: Wadsworth, 2003. Print.
13. Ramage, John D., John C. Bean, and June Johnson. The Allyn & Bacon Guide to
Writing, Concise Edition, MLA Update Edition. 5th Ed. New York: Longman,
2009. Print.
14. Rosenwasser, David, and Jill Stephen. Writing Analytically. 5th Ed. Boston: Wadsworth,
2008. Print.
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