凱特•L•杜拉賓是芝加哥大學的論文寫作指導教授，她結閤數十年來對學生的論文寫作的指導工作和論文格式規範的研究經驗，寫齣《芝加哥大學論文寫作指南》一書，並於1937年齣版，目前，該書已成為全美乃至全球學生、教師及研究者必備的論文寫作參考書，也成為編輯、齣版人齣版格式和體例的參考書。多年來經過數次增補修訂，已暢銷900多萬冊。

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