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• Title:The PhD writing handbook / Desmond Thomas.
  
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• Author/Creator:Thomas, Desmond, author.
  
• Published/Created:London : Palgrave, 2016.
  ©2016
  

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  • Location:EDUCATION LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: LB2369 .T4535 2016
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Academic writing.
  Dissertations, Academic.
  
• Medical Subjects: Academic Dissertations as Topic
  
• Genre/Form: Academic theses.
  
• Description:xii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  
• Series:Palgrave research skills.
  
• Summary:Writing is vitally important at every stage of the PhD research journey, and this text will help you to develop the skills you need to succeed at each step. It will show you how to develop a research topic and explore key concepts through writing, how to build a structured chapter framework and how to write clearly, coherently and stylishly.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-221) and index.
  
• ISBN:1137497696
  9781137497697
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Stages of PhD Thesis Writing
  traditional model of the PhD
  Alternative models of the PhD
  Making a start
  2. Developing a Research Topic through Writing
  Choosing a topic
  Finding and developing a topic that is feasible
  Finding and developing a topic that is specific and significant
  Developing an updated rationale for the research
  3. Managing Research Reading
  Reading aims
  Problem areas associated with reading
  Notetaking: From reading into writing
  4. Producing a Literature Review
  literature review as a process and a product
  purposes of a literature review
  Alternative approaches to the literature review as product
  Literature review problem areas
  5. Exploring Key Concepts
  importance of concept development within a research project
  starting point for concept exploration
  process of concept exploration: the next steps
  Other ways of exploring concepts through lateral thinking
  Exploring concepts in writing
  6. Building a Structured Chapter Framework
  Producing an overall framework
  Types of chapters within the structural framework
  Chapter introductions and conclusions
  7. Establishing Productive Writing Routines
  Goals, schedules and routines
  When will you write? How will you allocate time?
  Setting goals and targets
  Where and how will you write?
  Feedback on writing
  8. Writing Clearly, Concisely and Coherently
  Clarity and coherence
  nature of coherence
  Coherence at chapter level
  9. Developing Academic Style
  Expectations of academic style
  Expectations of difficulty
  Classifying `difficult texts'
  10. Completing a First Draft
  basic writing cycle
  Managing reader expectations
  Drafting and redrafting
  Monitoring progress
  Writing and editing
  11. Motivating Yourself to Write
  Writing is more than just a technical exercise
  nature of writer's block
  In which situations does writer's block occur?
  What are the causes of writer's block?
  What kind of strategies or solutions can we use for writer's block?
  Coping with rejection
  12. Reporting and Analysing Research Findings
  Structuring your data report
  Reporting quantitative data
  Reporting qualitative data
  Drawing conclusions
  13. Completing your PhD Thesis
  Writing the final version
  Oral presentations and writing
  viva
  14. Writing throughout an Academic Career.