Surviving Your Dissertation: A Comprehensive Guide to Content and Process,   ISBN:9781412916790

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I discovered a previous edition of this book when I was a Ph.D. student, which was not easy to do given how few good books there are on the subject, and I found it to be very helpful; particularly the chapters on reviewing the literature in a manner appropriate to your dissertation topic.

I used these ideas when I was crafting my own dissertation and they helped me to write a much more focused and professional literature review than if I had not read the book.

I recommend this book to any doctoral student who wants to improve the odds of "surviving" the dissertation process and earning that coveted doctoral degree.

Robert E. Levasseur, Ph.D., author of "Student to Scholar: The Guide for Doctoral Students"

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This book is the beginning of the long journey of writing my dissertation. I have found renewed hope in completing this task of scholarly writing on time.
The road map of this guide will enhance my abilites to know what I'm doing & how to do it the right way.

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I am going to see what could be made relevant to my research in English, but it was frustrating to see that it is so geared towards social scientists. The book has every right to focus on a particular type of graduate student (however it should be noted, I think), but since humanities grads are seen as fluffy, redundant and not "fact" finders, this book is not comforting for me to read. It re-emphasizes empirical evidence and thus continues to suggest (by not mentioning them)that humanities dissertations do not "prove" anything. While my dissertation will be organized around a "problem" of a certain kind, it is not something that can be tested or measured in the same ways as a social scientist's research. This makes it even more challenging to specifically define and finish. The book still looks well-written and addresses some areas that should be helpful if only mentally.

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This book gives practical and reassuring advice on how to survive the thesis or dissertation process. A must have book for all students!!!

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Every so often a blue book comes along that really rocks your world and makes life so much easier. Life just makes more sense...

Well, this is surely a blue book...