With practical advice on topics ranging from writing effective essays, paragraphs, and sentences to documenting sources and designing Web pages, THE WADSWORTH HANDBOOK is the essential tool for any college student Tailored to the way students like you study and learn, this handbook is THE go-to guide for every kind of writing--in and out of the classroom. THE WADSWORTH HANDBOOK, Ninth Edition, helps you produce sound academic writing, introducing you to the principles of college writing in the twenty-first century. Benefits: NEW A new Chapter 16, Synthesizing Sources, helps students learn to integrate varied source material into their writing projects, while the new Chapter 30, Creating a Writing Portfolio, offers students strategies for showcasing their work by assembling and evaluating print and electronic writing portfolios. ESL cross-references in the margins throughout the book link to sections of Part 14, Bilingual and ESL Writers, offering bilingual students essential guidance to help them succeed in the writing course. NEW A new Chapter 16, Synthesizing Sources, helps you learn to integrate varied source material into your writing projects, while the new Chapter 30, Creating a Writing Portfolio, offers you strategies for showcasing your work by assembling and evaluating print and electronic writing portfolios. NEW Two new student papers, Wikipedia: Friend or Foe? and The Great Debate: Wikipedia and College-Level Research, now illustrate the writing process in Chapter 6 and the research process in Chapters 12 and 18. Additionally, expanded coverage of documentation styles (MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE) in Parts 4 and 5 includes numerous models that help you correctly apply the latest citation guidelines when writing in various disciplines. NEW A new Part 7, Creating Documents in a Digital Age, includes three chapters that offer practical advice on writing in the rapidly evolving world of electronic commun