Welcome to the book companion site for The Bedford Researcher, Third Edition, by Mike Palmquist. If you have used the Bedford Researcher Web site before, you will notice a few changes. All of the great Palmquist resources are still here, plus new interactive research writing exercises to support students' real work, a complete multimodal essay example from a new featured student writer, and a simpler navigation. To use this site you will need to register as a student or instructor. Registration is free and only takes a few moments. If you are considering the text, please visit our instructor preview page.

To access starred (*) resources, you must enter a student activation code first.

Take a tour and get to know the features of this site!



Student Resources
icon The Bedford Researcher E-book*
icon Research tutorials and more in Re: Writing Plus*
icon Interactive Exercises
icon Featured Writer Portfolios
icon My Research Project Activities
icon Research Writing "How-To" Guides
icon Annotated Links
icon Bibliography Tools

Other Resources
icon Diana Hacker's Research and Documentation Online
icon Exercise Central
icon Avoiding Plagiarism Tutorial
icon Evaluating Online Sources Tutorial
icon Designing Documents Tutorial
icon Preparing Presentation Slides Tutorial

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