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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808595103321

Autore

Allison Brian <1931, >

Titolo

The student's guide to preparing dissertations and theses / / Brian Allison and Phil Race

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeFalmer, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-31223-7

0-7494-4111-9

1-134-31224-5

1-280-05238-4

0-203-41642-2

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (101 p.)

Collana

Routledge study guides

Altri autori (Persone)

RacePhilip

Disciplina

808.066378

Soggetti

Dissertations, Academic - Authorship

Education, Higher

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

This ed. originally published: London: Kogan Page, 2003.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [97]-98) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""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""



Sommario/riassunto

When writing a dissertation or thesis, it is essential to produce a work 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