With fully updated sections on Academic Writing and Research and Documentation, The Little, Brown Essential Handbook, Fourth Canadian Edition offers students the “essential” information they need to develop their basic writing skills. Useful for any level of writing, in any discipline, and in or out of school, it answers the common and not-so-common questions about academic writing, the writing process, usage, grammar, punctuation, research writing, and citation.Packaged with the text is an access code for MyCanadianCompLab, which gives students and instructors access to a broad range of multimedia and assessment tools that help improve students’ grammar and writing skills.