Authoring a PhD : how to plan, draft, write and finish a doctoral thesis or dissertation / Patrick Dunleavy.
Material type: TextPublisher: Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003Description: xiii, 297 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1403911916
- 9781403911919
- 1403905843
- 9781403905840
- Authoring a PhD : How to plan, draught, write and finish a doctoral thesis or dissertation
- Authoring a Ph. D. thesis
- 808.02 22
- LB2369 .D85 2003
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Becoming an author -- 2. Envisioning the thesis as a whole -- 3. Planning an integrated thesis: the macro-structure -- 4. Organizing a chapter or paper: the micro-structure -- 5. Writing clearly: style and referencing issues -- 6. Developing your text and managing the writing process -- 7. Handling attention points: data, charts and graphics -- 8. The end-game: finishing your doctorate -- 9. Publishing your research -- Glossary of maxims, terms and phrases.
"Authoring a PhD involves having creative ideas, working out how to organize them, writing up from plans, upgrading text, and finishing it speedily and to a good standard. It also involves being examined and getting work published. This book provides a huge range of ideas and suggestions to help PhD candidates cope with both the intellectual issues involved and the practical difficulties of organizing their work effectively."--Publisher description.
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