Eight ways to find information in Universal Keys for Writers:

1. Key to the Book (inside front cover of book)
2. "How to Find Information in Universal Keys for Writers" (first page)
3. Thumb tabs for each section (throughout the book)
4. Table of Contents for each part (begins each part)
5. Glossary of Usage (end of book)
6. Glossary of Grammatical terms (end of book)
7. Index (end of book)
8. List of Boxes and Notes (end of book)

Thumb Tabs

Red Tabs cover the writing process, writing in all your courses, and writing & technology issues (Parts I-III)
Gold Tabs cover nuts-and-bolts issues such as grammar and punctuation (Parts IV-VII)
Blue Tabs cover research and documentation (Parts VIII-X)

Key to the Book…Fast access to every topic!

This table of contents, found on the inside cover of Universal Keys for Writers, corresponds to three thumb-tabbed sections (red, gold, and blue) in the book. Parts 1-3 are red, which means these parts relate to the writing process, parts 4-7 (gold) pertain to sentence structure, and parts 8-10 (blue) point you to research materials.

Writing

Part 1. WRITING AN ESSAY
          1. Thinking, Reading, and Writing
          2. Defining the Task
          3. Generating, Shaping, and Focusing Ideas
          4. Drafting, Revising, and Editing an Essay
          5. Developing and Structuring Paragraphs
Part 2. WRITING IN ALL YOUR COURSES
          6. Writing an Argument
          7. Writing about Literature
          8. Writing across the Curriculum
          9. Writing under Pressure
Part 3. WRITING WITH TECHNOLOGY AND WRITING FOR WORK
          10. Designing documents/Using MS Word
          11. Communicating Online
          12. Writing Online for Academic Purposes
          13. Designing a Personal Web Site
          14. Writing for Employment
          15. Writing in the Work World


Sentences

Part 4. COMMON SENTENCE PROBLEMS
          16. How a Sentence Works
          17. Top Ten Sentence Problems: A Checklist
          18. Sentence Fragments, Run-Ons, and Comma Splices
          19. Sentence Snarls
          20. Verbs
          21. Subject-Verb Agreement
          22. Pronouns
          23. Adjectives and Adverbs
          24. Relative Clauses, and Relative Pronouns
Part 5. PUNCTUATION, MECHANICS, AND SPELLING
          25. Periods, Question marks, and Exclamation Points
          26. Commas
          27. Semicolons and Colons
          28. Apostrophes
          29. Quotation Marks
          30. Other Punctuation Marks
          31. Italics and Underlining
          32. Capital Letters, Abbreviations, and Numbers
          33. Spelling and Hyphenation 34. Online Guidelines for Punctuation and Mechanics
Part 6. 5 C'S OF STYLE
          35-39. The five C's of style
          The five C's of style
          35. The first C: Cut
          36. The second C: Check for action
          37. The third C: Connect
          38. The fourth C: Commit
          39. The fifth C: Choose your words
Part 7. FOR MULTILINGUAL WRITERS (ESL)
          40. Culture and Language
          41. Language, Learning, and Error
          42. Nouns and Articles
          43. Verbs and Verb Forms
          44. Word Order and Sentence Structure
          45. Prepositions and Idiomatic Expressions
          46. Frequently Asked ESL Editing Questions


Research

Part 8. USING SOURCES
          47. Planning
          48. Finding Sources
          49. Evaluating Sources
          50. Using Sources
          51. Writing the Research Paper
Part 9. DOCUMENTING SOURCES: MLA STYLE
          52. MLA Style of Documentation
Part 10. DOCUMENTING SOURCES: APA, CBE/CSE, CHICAGO, AND CGOS STYLES
          53. APA Style of Documentation
          54. CBE/CSE Style of Documentation
          55. Chicago Style of Documentation
          56. CGOS (Columbia Guide of Online Style) Style of Documentation