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Authoring a PhD : how to plan, draft, write, and finish a doctoral thesis or dissertation / created by Patrick Dunleavy.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Palgrave study guidesPalgrave Macmillan, 2003Description: xiii, 297 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781403905840
  • 1403905843 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Authoring a doctor of philosophy
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LB2369 DUN
Online resources:
Contents:
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
Summary: This title examines the development of creative ideas, working out how to organize them, writing up from your plans, upgrading your text, and finishing your PhD thesis speedily and to a good standard. It also includes being examined and getting your work published
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Book Book PostGraduate Studies Library Open Shelf LB2369 DUN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 158266 Available BK146075

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-290) 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

This title examines the development of creative ideas, working out how to organize them, writing up from your plans, upgrading your text, and finishing your PhD thesis speedily and to a good standard. It also includes being examined and getting your work published

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