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Planning your dissertation / Kate Williams.

By: Williams, Kate, 1949- [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Pocket study skills.Publisher: London : Red Globe Press / Palgrave Macmillan, 2018Edition: Second edition.Description: xi, 166 pages : illustrations ; 11 x 14 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781352003208.Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Authorship | Academic writing -- TechniqueDDC classification: 808.066378 WIL
Contents:
Getting Strategic -- Exploring Ideas -- Working With Your Supervisor -- Starting Your Reading -- Focussing Your Research Question -- Time Planning a Longer Project -- Your Research Plan -- The Supervisor's Perspective -- Think: What Are You Looking For? -- Finding It -- Reading It -- Making Sense of It -- Planning It -- Aim and Objectives -- Make Sure Your Methods Match Your Aims! -- Using Theory -- The 'Systematic' Approach: Literature Review as Methodology -- Science / Technology / Healthcare -- Dissertation 1: Biomedical Science Dissertation -- 2: Sport Science Health and Social Care / Social Science / Business / Education Dissertation -- 3: Healthcare Dissertation -- 4: Business Dissertation -- Business (Hospitality) Dissertation -- Education Dissertation -- Development Studies Dissertation -- Business Humanities/Arts Dissertation -- History -- Writing Paragraphs -- The Language of Argument -- Writing Style: Using 'I' -- Be Clear About What You Are Aiming For -- The Conclusion and Introduction -- First Impressions and Last Thoughts -- Journey's End?
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
2 hour loan MTU Kerry North Campus Library Desk Loan 808.066378 WIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 38888000933451
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 808.066378 WIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 38888000933519
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This essential guide takes students through the planning for each stage of their dissertation, from hatching an idea to handing in their finished project. Short, succinct chapters cover everything from devising a research question and engaging with the literature to choosing a methodology and structuring an argument. It features ten sample dissertations from a range of subject areas, so that students can better anticipate what lies ahead, practical advice at every step and action plans to keep students on track.

This book is the ideal companion to all students completing a dissertation as part of their undergraduate or postgraduate studies, whatever their subject area.

New to this Edition:
- Expanded content on using theory and writing abstracts
- Includes more examples from students' dissertations, including an outline for a performing arts dissertation

First edition: 2013.

Formerly CIP. Uk

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Getting Strategic -- Exploring Ideas -- Working With Your Supervisor -- Starting Your Reading -- Focussing Your Research Question -- Time Planning a Longer Project -- Your Research Plan -- The Supervisor's Perspective -- Think: What Are You Looking For? -- Finding It -- Reading It -- Making Sense of It -- Planning It -- Aim and Objectives -- Make Sure Your Methods Match Your Aims! -- Using Theory -- The 'Systematic' Approach: Literature Review as Methodology -- Science / Technology / Healthcare -- Dissertation 1: Biomedical Science Dissertation -- 2: Sport Science Health and Social Care / Social Science / Business / Education Dissertation -- 3: Healthcare Dissertation -- 4: Business Dissertation -- Business (Hospitality) Dissertation -- Education Dissertation -- Development Studies Dissertation -- Business Humanities/Arts Dissertation -- History -- Writing Paragraphs -- The Language of Argument -- Writing Style: Using 'I' -- Be Clear About What You Are Aiming For -- The Conclusion and Introduction -- First Impressions and Last Thoughts -- Journey's End?

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Kate Williams set up and works for the Upgrade Study Advice Service at Oxford Brookes University, UK.
Kate Williams set up and works for the Upgrade Study Advice Service at Oxford Brookes University, UK.