TY - BOOK AU - Hacker,Diana AU - Sommers,Nancy I. AU - Jehn,Thomas Robert AU - Rosenzweig,Jane AU - Carbajal Van Horn,Marcy TI - The Bedford handbook SN - 9780312479749 AV - PE1408 .H277 2010 U1 - 808.042 HAC 23 PY - 2010/// CY - Boston, Mass. PB - Bedford/St. Martins KW - English language KW - Rhetoric,Grammar KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc KW - style guide KW - writing KW - teaching KW - MLA KW - citation KW - Diana Hacker KW - Report writing N1 - Includes index N2 - The Bedford Handbook carries on the Hacker tradition by responding to student writers’ needs and to the way students need their handbook to work. Still a full-size handbook that doubles as a reference, the Handbook features clear, straightforward advice, hand-edited sentences, a user-friendly index, and a handy format. The eighth edition combines classic Hacker usability with a next-generation focus on academic writing and research and new navigation that helps students pull together advice and models for each assignment. Developed with the help of students and teachers at more than 35 colleges and universities, the new edition reflects the ways students write and revise in their composition course and beyond. What’s more, The Bedford Handbook remains a portable size; it’s still a comprehensive reference that’s as easy to consult as it is to carry ER -