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Unlike all other texts in the field, which emphasize paper documents and outdated practices, only Bovée and Thill present the full range of electronic media that students will need to know to meet employer expectations.

Business Communication Today,
10th Ed.

Excellence in Business Communication,
9th Ed.

Business Communication Essentials,
4th Ed.
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Is Your Business Communication
Textbook Preparing
Students for the Future
or the Past?
Do You Know the
Fallacies about Teaching
Electronic Media?
Does Your Textbook
Cover Business
Communication 2.0?
Video:
A Fundamental Shift in the
Way We Communicate.
(See the New Media
Covered Only by
Bovee and Thill. Are You
Using the Right Text?)
A Letter to Instructors
Video:
Alert! A Paradigm Shift Is
Impacting Business
Communication Courses
Major Study: Thousands of Companies Using Social Media. Will Your Students Be Prepared to Use Social Media on the Job?
Study: 91% Using Social Media.in the Inc. 500-- America's Fastest Growing Private Companies. (Social Media Should Be Part of Your Course. Only Bovee & Thill's Texts Offer Social Media Coverage.)
Teach Your Students How to Use Social Media on the Job. (See sample pages here of Bovee & Thill's coverage you won't find in any competing texts.)
Business Communication Is Changing Due to Social Media (Are Your Students Learning about These Changes from Your Current Text?)
Hundreds of Social Media Examples
Canadian Editions
Teach Introduction to Business?

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Tutorial: The Basics of APA Style

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

This tutorial is designed for those who have no previous knowledge of APA Style. It shows users how to structure and format their work, recommends ways to reduce bias in language, identifies how to avoid charges of plagiarism, shows how to cite references in text, and provides selected reference examples.

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Citation Machine

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Citation machine helps students and professional researchers to properly credit the information that they use. Its primary goal is to make it so easy for student researchers to cite their information sources, that there is virtually no reason not to do so, because someday the information that someone else wants to use will be yours.

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APA Style Guide

Monday, November 30th, 2009

This document, revised according to the 6th edition of the APA Manual, offers examples for the general format of APA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the reference page.

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MLA Style Guide

Monday, November 30th, 2009

This document has been updated to reflect the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th ed., and the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing, 3rd ed., offers examples for the general format of MLA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the Works Cited page.

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KnightCite: An Online Citation Generator Service for MLA, APA , Chicago

Monday, May 4th, 2009

To create a citation using KnightCite visit http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/.
Begin by selecting the desired citation style on the left-hand side of the page: Modern Language Association (MLA), American Psychological Association (APA), or Chicago Manual of Style. Beneath this, the user may indicate whether the resource is in print or electronic form. Then identify the specific type [...]

Documenting Electronic Sources

Friday, November 9th, 2007

The Internet and other digital sources of information are widely used tools for research, but since they are still relatively new tools, various disciplines are still deciding what the correct way to document electronic sources is, and disciplines are constantly changing their minds as to what the most appropriate ways are. Here is useful information [...]

The Chicago Manual of Style Online

Friday, August 31st, 2007

The Chicago Manual of Style Online incorporates the popular Chicago Style Q&A, a resource that thousands have found as entertaining as it is informative. The Q&A content is fully searchable along with the content of The Chicago Manual of Style. Your queries will return results—clearly distinguishable—from both the Manual and the Chicago Style Q&A.

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APA Documentation Style: Looking for Help?

Friday, August 31st, 2007

APA documentation style is one of the main international standards for the writing of academic papers. If you’re seeking APA help and/or resources, this is the place.

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MLA Documentation Style: Do You Need Help?

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

MLA documentation format is one of the main international standards for the writing of academic papers. If you’re seeking MLA help and/or resources, this is the place.

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APA Format Leads the Pack

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

When it comes to writing essays, term papers, and research papers, the most prevalent international writing standard is APA format or style. These are style guidelines or standards that dictate the formatting and citing of sources when writing academic and professional papers. Every day, literally thousands of visitors arrive at my Writing Help Central website [...]

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