凯特•L•杜拉宾是芝加哥大学的论文写作指导教授，她结合数十年来对学生的论文写作的指导工作和论文格式规范的研究经验，写出《芝加哥大学论文写作指南》一书，并于1937年出版，目前，该书已成为全美乃至全球学生、教师及研究者必备的论文写作参考书，也成为编辑、出版人出版格式和体例的参考书。多年来经过数次增补修订，已畅销900多万册。

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