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Prentice Hall Reference Guide
This textbook helps students find the information they are seeking without having to know the terminology, is clear and easy to understand for all students, and is written in a student-friendly language and tone to avoid the intimidating formal instructional tone of some handbooks.
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First published December 1, 1999
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Muriel Harris
24 books1 followerMuriel "Mickey" Harris was the director of the Purdue Writing Center where she worked elbow-to-elbow with students for over twenty-five years. Based on her experience assisting thousands of writing students, she authored the Prentice Hall Reference Guide.
She joined the Purdue faculty in 1976 as an assistant professor. Collaborating with several graduate students, she started the Purdue Writing Lab and began theorizing writing center scholarship and tutorial approaches, plus developing instructional materials for student and faculty use. Those materials were later revised and made available on the Purdue website as the Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab). The Purdue OWL is currently visited annually by several million users across the globe.
Harris’ research focuses on tutorial collaboration in writing, differences in individual writing processes, writing center theory and practice, and political and public perception of writing centers. She initiated and continues to serve as editor of the first journal for writing center scholarship, now entitled WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship. Harris’ books include Teaching One-to-One: The Writing Conference, The Prentice Hall Reference Guide (9th ed.), and Writer’s FAQs (6th ed.)
She joined the Purdue faculty in 1976 as an assistant professor. Collaborating with several graduate students, she started the Purdue Writing Lab and began theorizing writing center scholarship and tutorial approaches, plus developing instructional materials for student and faculty use. Those materials were later revised and made available on the Purdue website as the Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab). The Purdue OWL is currently visited annually by several million users across the globe.
Harris’ research focuses on tutorial collaboration in writing, differences in individual writing processes, writing center theory and practice, and political and public perception of writing centers. She initiated and continues to serve as editor of the first journal for writing center scholarship, now entitled WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship. Harris’ books include Teaching One-to-One: The Writing Conference, The Prentice Hall Reference Guide (9th ed.), and Writer’s FAQs (6th ed.)
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Title:
Harris, M. (2007). Prentice hall reference guide (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall Publishing.
Type of Reference:
Handbook
Call Number:
428.2
Brief Description:
This writing handbook takes students through the stages of the writing process and includes subjects such as style and word choice, punctuation, and research.
Review:
Cordry, H. (2008, March 3). [Review of the book Prentice hall reference guide]. Booklist Online. Retrieved from http://www.booklistonline.com.libsrv....
Relevance and Relationship:
There are very few writing handbooks in the collection, so this book would help close the gap in that need. Also, because it was written for high school students, it would be useful to them when writing any type of research paper or essay. In addition, because it was recently published in 2008, it includes relevant style rules for writing.
Purpose:
This handbook could be used by both students and staff in the school community. The information on writing, including style and word choice, research, and sections dedicated to English Language Learners includes a lot of information, but is written for young readers so it would be easily understood.
Validity:
Prentice Hall is widely known as a reputable and authoritative publisher in the education world. Also, the book is up-to-date and contains accurate information about the writing process. It actually has several additions and has been reviewed by authoritative sources.
Format:
This is a print reference with an easy to follow layout.
Arrangement and Presentation
This writing handbook is divided up into sections that are also tabbed on the sides for easy access to those sections. There is a table of contents and an index.
Diversity
This book would meet the needs of students of all learning abilities. It could be used by students who may be on a lower level as a starting point to the writing process in conjunction with writing instruction, or by a student on a higher level who could use all aspects of this book without much teacher intervention. Also, because it includes sections for English Language Learners and multilingual writing, it could meet the needs of English Language Learners.
Title:
Harris, M. (2007). Prentice hall reference guide (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall Publishing.
Type of Reference:
Handbook
Call Number:
428.2
Brief Description:
This writing handbook takes students through the stages of the writing process and includes subjects such as style and word choice, punctuation, and research.
Review:
Cordry, H. (2008, March 3). [Review of the book Prentice hall reference guide]. Booklist Online. Retrieved from http://www.booklistonline.com.libsrv....
Relevance and Relationship:
There are very few writing handbooks in the collection, so this book would help close the gap in that need. Also, because it was written for high school students, it would be useful to them when writing any type of research paper or essay. In addition, because it was recently published in 2008, it includes relevant style rules for writing.
Purpose:
This handbook could be used by both students and staff in the school community. The information on writing, including style and word choice, research, and sections dedicated to English Language Learners includes a lot of information, but is written for young readers so it would be easily understood.
Validity:
Prentice Hall is widely known as a reputable and authoritative publisher in the education world. Also, the book is up-to-date and contains accurate information about the writing process. It actually has several additions and has been reviewed by authoritative sources.
Format:
This is a print reference with an easy to follow layout.
Arrangement and Presentation
This writing handbook is divided up into sections that are also tabbed on the sides for easy access to those sections. There is a table of contents and an index.
Diversity
This book would meet the needs of students of all learning abilities. It could be used by students who may be on a lower level as a starting point to the writing process in conjunction with writing instruction, or by a student on a higher level who could use all aspects of this book without much teacher intervention. Also, because it includes sections for English Language Learners and multilingual writing, it could meet the needs of English Language Learners.
September 19, 2016
Helpful and organized well. I use it every day.
May 22, 2017
Read and use this book for ENGL 101 class, not sure if I use/read it for my ENGL 102 lol seem to can't remember smh.
October 21, 2016
I found much better information in other places than I did in this book, so I have to say that I wasn't happy with it.
BUT HALLELUJAH I AM DONE WITH MY CLASS
Until the next book,
Leah Jay
BUT HALLELUJAH I AM DONE WITH MY CLASS
Until the next book,
Leah Jay
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