Getting Started with This Textbook

Welcome to ENGL 1020: Research & Argumentative Writing!

This is an open access, Creative Commons licensed textbook. Because this book functions differently than a print text, we encourage you to take a moment to familiarize yourself with the functionality. In developing this text, we focused on keeping it low cost and accessible, so choose the version that meets your needs most effectively.

The way to navigate this textbook is by using the “Content” drop-down menus on the left side of the textbook screen. Also, you can “turn pages” by using the “Next” and “Previous” buttons on the bottom of your screen. The text is divided into sections that address Introduction to Research and Argumentative Writing, Research Processes, Working With Sources, Rhetoric & Argumentation, Remediation and Delivery, Reflection, and an Appendix that addresses citation and style concerns related to the research process.

Within each sections are chapters that we think you’ll find both useful and engaging to read. The readings in this text come from different peer-reviewed collections:  Try This: Research Methods For Writers, by Jennifer Clary-Lemon, Derek Mueller, and Kate Pantelides; Writing Spaces, edited by Dana Driscoll, Mary K. Stewart, and Matthew Vetter; Introduction to Writing in College, by Melanie Gagich; Writing Commons, created and edited by Joseph Moxley; ENG 102: Reading, Writing and Research, by Emilie Zickel; the Bad Ideas About Writing Podcast, by Kyle Stedman; and Bad Ideas About Writing, edited by Cheryl E. Ball and Drew M. Loewe.

If you’d like a print version of this text, we invite you to download a PDF version (see front cover).