Part of the most successful handbook series published in over a decade, this text is the only tabbed handbook developed specifically for students writing with computers and using the Internet for research.

Thoroughly integrating an awareness of and instruction on the benefits of computer technology to the writing and research process, this ground-breaking text emphasizes that effective writing, with or without computers, is based on sound rhetorical principles.

Chapters on writing not only explain the various stages of creating a paper, but incorporate instruction on how students can use word processors to create better developed essays. The research section acknowledges students' varying experience with the Internet, illustrating how to find and evaluate print and electronic sources to formulate thoughtful and carefully documented papers.

This Second Edition features the first fully integrated book/Web-site/CD package among brief handbooks. Packaged inside every student text is a FREE Interactive Edition CD-ROM a valuable resource and learning tool for students. Throughout the printed text, icons indicate where multimedia assets are provided on the CD version and where there is enhanced coverage of important topic areas on the website.