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Autore |
Allison Brian <1931, > |
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The student's guide to preparing dissertations and theses / / Brian Allison and Phil Race |
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London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeFalmer, , 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-31224-5 |
1-280-05238-4 |
0-203-41642-2 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (101 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Dissertations, Academic - Authorship |
Education, Higher |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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This ed. originally published: London: Kogan Page, 2003. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [97]-98) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Book Cover""; ""Half-Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of figures""; ""Foreword to this edition""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I: An overview of the task""; ""Chapter 1: Getting things in the right order""; ""Chapter 2: Title page""; ""Chapter 3: Abstract""; ""Chapter 4: Author declarations""; ""Chapter 5: Acknowledgements""; ""Chapter 6: Main body of the dissertation""; ""Chapter 7: Appendices""; ""Chapter 8: Bibliography""; ""Part II: Getting your act together�the key processes""; ""Chapter 9: Capturing your research"" |
""Chapter 10: Writing it up�getting started, and keeping going""""Chapter 11: Organising your files""; ""Chapter 12: Winding yourself up?""; ""Part III: Nuts and bolts�more detail about the main elements""; ""Chapter 13: Page size""; ""Chapter 14: Page margins""; ""Chapter 15: Page numbers""; ""Chapter 16: Style of writing""; ""Chapter 17: Abbreviations""; ""Chapter 18: Numbers""; ""Chapter 19: Chapters""; ""Chapter 20: References""; ""Chapter 21: Notes""; ""Chapter 22: Quotations""; ""Chapter 23: Tables""; ""Chapter 24: Figures""; ""Chapter 25: Typing""; ""Chapter 26: Binding"" |
""Chapter 27: Instructions for typists""""Further reading""; ""Index"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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When writing a dissertation or thesis, it is essential to produce a work |
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that is well-structured and well-presented. Giving clear examples throughout, this book offers all the practical advice that students will need, when writing a dissertation or thesis.Part 1: Content - from the layout order of contents to the compilation of the bibliography and appendicesPart 2: Presentation and Style - the details of how work should be presented and covering aspects such as writing styles, page numbers, margins and abbreviations.The first edition of this book contributed to improving countless dissertatio |
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