With its process-oriented rhetoric, provocative thematic reader, up-to-date research manual, and comprehensive handbook, the Bedford Guide for College Writers gives students the tools they need to succeed as writers, in one book. Each of the book,s four main components has been carefully developed to provide an engaging, well-coordinated guide for student writers. This edition,s new, more open design and sharper focus on active learning do even more to help students develop transferable skills. The Bedford Guide for College Writers prepares students to be the confident, resourceful, and independent writers they will need to be. This text boasts an engaging writing style as well as effective organization skills through the use of an open design concept. It concludes with chapters devoted to tips on the actual writing of research projects including concepts such as working with sources, evaluating sources, integrating sources, as well as writing your research paper.