Through four editions of ground-breaking features and coverage, The Scott, Foresman Handbook for Writers has acquired a reputation as a market innovator -- a reputation that is enhanced in the fifth edition with the addition of important new coverage on public writing not found in any other handbook. Comprehensive, but user-friendly, this handbook features a practical trouble-shooting approach and conversational writing style that speaks directly to students. Renowned for its in-depth, cutting-edge coverage of the research paper, SFH features a truly integrated treatment of technology with particular attention to internet research and comprehensive guidelines for electronic sources. Updated and expanded coverage of online style and document design appears on glossy, four-color pages with several authentic model documents to illustrate. This dedicated Online Course Companion Website supports student research through model projects, activities, and tools for conducting Internet research.

• New!  Online Course Companion Website, conceived by Craig Branham of St. Louis University, consists of 5 main areas: Sample Research Projects, Research Guide, Links, Citation Manager, and Exercises.

 
• Sample Research Projects provides student-written projects to model the stages of research in four areas: current events, social science, literature, and science and technology. Each paper traces the development of a project through three key research phases: reading, networking and writing, using student-generated research to illustrate.

 
• The Research Guide provides exercises designed to familiarize students with the research process from exploring a topic and collecting information to browsing the Web and keeping a bibliography.

 
• Approximately 60 annotated Links are also included to provide easy access to key research resources such as library catalogs, serials and periodicals, and Web search engines and directories.

 
• The Citation Manager allows you quickly and easily to locate model citations for individual types of references.

 
• The Exercises section of the Website, organized by chapter, offers students the opportunity to practice what they are learning.

 
• New!  Unique discussions of public writing, prepared by new co-author Christy Friend, appear throughout the handbook and in an all new Ch. 5, "How Do You Write Responsibly In Academic and Public Forums?" that teaches students rhetorical principles for addressing a variety of different audiences including their professor, the editor of a local newspaper, or an electronic newsgroup.

 
• New!  "Going Public" sections feature student writing samples that illustrate the civic writing concept.

 
• New!  Strong emphasis on visual literacy is evidenced in an all new Ch. 7, "How Do You Interpret Visual Elements?" that shows students how to interpret visual texts such as graphs, charts, and tables.

 
• New!  Updated document design chapters, written by Mick Doherty and Sandye Thompson, editors of the electronic academic journal, Kairos, appear in a special glossy-page, four-color insert.

 
• New!  Revised and expanded Ch. 17, "Understanding Document Design," addresses using visual elements with audience and purpose in mind.

 
• New!  Ch. 18, "Model Documents," features 7 new authentic model documents including a student WWW site and a student newsletter, accompanied by checklists with pointers on design issues.

 
• New!  Ch. 16, "Online Style," addresses how to communicate electronically via email, newsgroups, listservs, and WWW pages.

 
• New!  Thoroughly revised research chapters now cover everything from the traditional term paper to Web-based and multimedia projects; coverage includes finding and assessing electronic sources, discussions of keyword searches, cautions on the pitfalls of electronic research, and coverage of intellectual property issues.

 
• New!  Coverage of Columbia Online Style (COS) is featured to provide guidelines for documenting electronic sources. COS is an expanded version of ACW style created by Janice Walker, author of a new research book, which will be published by Columbia University Press.

 
• New!  Coverage of the Chicago Manual of Style (CMS) citation system and an all new sample student paper, "Diomedes as Hero of The Iliad" are featured in an all new Ch. 39.

 
• New!  Expanded coverage of Toulmin, evaluating arguments, and detecting fallacies is accompanied by an all new sample argument essay on the topic of school prayer.

 
• New!  Full chapter on essay exams features expanded discussions with a new sample essay exam.

 
• New!  Expanded coverage of literary analysis appears in an all new Ch. 42, "Writing About Literature."

 
• New!  All stages of the writing process -- preparing, planning, drafting, incubating, revising, editing, and proofreading are discussed in detail -- with a sample student paper in various drafts to illustrate (new paper topic: "Technology's Children: Has Media Technology Intellectually Stunted Our Growth?").

 
• More documentation sample entries than any other handbook: 64 in MLA; 26 in APA; 21 in CMS; and 52 in COS (Columbia Online Style -- formerly ACW).

 
• A detailed ESL chapter addresses the special problems of non-native speakers (Ch. 28).

 
• Glossary of Terms and Usage combines these two references for easy access of information.