1. Research, researchers, and readers -- Prologue: Becoming a researcher -- Thinking in print: the uses of research, public and private -- Connecting with your reader: (re-)creating yourself and your readers -- 2. Asking questions, finding answers -- Prologue: Planning your project : an overview -- From topics to questions -- From questions to a problem -- From problems to sources -- Engaging sources -- 3. Making a claim and supporting it -- Prologue: Assembling a research argument -- Making good arguments: an overview -- Making claims -- Assembling reasons and evidence -- Acknowledgments and responses -- Warrants -- 4. Planning, drafting, and revising -- Prologue: Planning again -- Planning -- Drafting your report -- Revising your organization and argument -- Communicating evidence visually -- Introductions and conclusions -- Revising style: telling your story clearly -- 5. Some last considerations