• Concise. Features an overview of research and writing for students in geography and the environmental sciences, for a reasonable price, and can be used as a resource for a student's entire academic career.
• Practical. Uses straightforward language to discuss the basics of research and writing. Instructors agree that as an overview, the Making Sense series is much easier to digest than heavier writing style guides, and they appreciate the discipline-specific content.
• Documentation: Features up-to-date guidelines for documentation and referencing and provides the most current guidelines for documentation in geography and environmental sciences, including coverage of MLA, APA, and CSE and referencing.
• Up-to-date. Along with including the most up-to-date citation styles, the Making Sense series also features current examples, and useful information on using the internet as a research tool.
• More Accessible. This edition contains more bulleted points and summaries to make the content easier to reference and absorb.

        
The Making Sense series offers clear, concise guides to research and writing for students at all levels of undergraduate study. Designed especially for students in geography and the environmental sciences, this volume outlines general principles of style, grammar, and punctuation while also covering issues such as how to conduct academic research in geography and the environemental sciences, how to write essays and reports, how to document sources, and how to give an oral presentation.
  
Revisions to the sixth edition of Making Sense in Geography and Environmental Sciencesinclude a new section on thinking critically and coverage of new developments in technology-based research and writing. Summaries have been added to the end of chapters to improve student comprehension of material and references, and dates and examples have been updated throughout the text. Finally, the chapter on CSE, APA, and MLA style has been revised to be completely up to date.