Demystifying postgraduate research [[electronic resource] ] : from MA to PhD / / Jonathan Grix

• Autore: Grix Jonathan
• Pubblicazione: Edgbaston, : University of Birmingham Press, c2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (168 p.)
• Disciplina: 300.72041
• Soggetto topico: Universities and colleges - Great Britain - Graduate work; Humanities - Research - Great Britain; Social sciences - Research - Great Britain; Doctor of philosophy degree - Great Britain
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-149) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of figures; Preface; Introduction; 1 The nature of doctoral research; 2 The 'nuts and bolts' of research; 3 Getting started; 4 Methods, fieldwork and stages of research; 5 Supervision, the viva and other matters of importance; Appendix 1: Glossary of research terms; Appendix 2: Examples of reference systems; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The first complete introduction to the new model of social science and humanities postgraduate research. Based on the leading current course of postgraduate research training, a programme that will become the norm for postgraduate research over the next two or three years. Designed as a set text for '3 plus 1' and similar programmes * The key tools and terminology of research * What to do before beginning the project * Funding * All about the student-supervisor relationship * The viva examination * The process of writing a thesis * Ethics and plagiarism in research, especially the use of the i
• Titolo autorizzato: Demystifying postgraduate research
• ISBN: 1-282-70973-9; 9786612709739; 0-567-27105-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784929803321
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