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• Title:How to write a thesis / Rowena Murray.
  
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• Author/Creator:Murray, Rowena.
  
• Published/Created:Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2011.
  

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  • Location:OKANAGAN LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: LB2369 .M87 2011
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Dissertations, Academic--Authorship.
  Report writing.
  Academic writing.
  
• Medical Subjects: Dissertations, Academic.
  Writing.
  
• Edition:3rd ed.
  
• Description:xviii, 325 pages ; 23 cm.
  
• Series:Open UP study skills.
  
• Summary:Providing down-to-earth guidance to help students shape their theses, the author offers valuable advice and practical tips and techniques. Useful summaries and checklists help students to stay on track or regain their way. Moving beyond the basics of thesis writing, the book introduces practical writing techniques such as freewriting, generative writing and binge writing. Issues such as working out the criteria for your thesis, writer's block, writing a literature review and making notes into a draft are also covered. -- Back cover.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-321) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780335244287 (pbk.)
  0335244289 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:Introduction : how to write 1,000 words an hour
  Thinking about writing a thesis
  Starting to write
  Seeking structure
  The first milestone
  Becoming a serial writer
  Creating closure
  Fear and loathing : revising
  It is never too late to start
  The last 385 yards
  After the thesis examination : more writing?.