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Doing postgraduate research / edited by Stephen Potter.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Essential resources for social researchPublication details: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE in association with the Open University, 2002.; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2000.Description: 191 p. : ill. ; 25 cm; vii, 125 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0761947450 (pbk.)
  • 0761963561 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 001.4 POT
  • 001.4 PUN
Contents:
References -- Index.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Standard Loan Moylish Library Main Collection 001.42 POT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Missing 39002100300285

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

`A good introductory text for prospective PhD students and a useful resource for research trainers who wish to provide an initial overview to a varied audience′ - The Research Training Initiative at Birmingham Insitute of Art and Design

This invaluable resource will help both full and part-time postgraduate students from all subjects to do research better, quicker and with as little hassle as possible.

Doing Postgraduate Research is pioneering a new generation of research training materials. It recognises the greater importance formal research training now occupies in research degrees. This practical text will enable the student to develop their abilities to draw upon a range of research training materials and to select those that are best suited to their own research training needs. The book concentrates on tasks that all postgraduate research projects face and include:

- designing and organising a research project

- doing a topic review

- writing skills

- using computers

- considering rights and ethics in research

the process of the thesis examination and (where held) the oral examination

The book encourages student `training by doing′ , and is designed to be used by students while they are doing their own research work. The text includes numerous activities for students to apply what they are learning to their own projects.

Doing Postgraduate Research has been developed from an Open University training pack for research students, and is compliant with UK Research Council training requirements. It will be invaluable to all students, supervisors and all with research training responsibilities.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

References -- Index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction
  • Getting Going
  • Scoping Your Research
  • Logics of Enquiry
  • Planning and Organizing Your Research
  • Academic Writing
  • Undertaking a Literature Review
  • Doing the Right Thing
  • Ethical Frameworks for Research with Human Participants
  • Research Presentations
  • The Examination Process and the Viva
  • Developing Your Career

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