Writing a Thesis Research Guide

The following resources provide help with the many aspects of planning and writing your thesis.

Books

Use the Library catalogue to search for books held in the Library or try these ready-made searches.

Business:

• Mastering Your Business Dissertation: How to Conceive, Research and Write a Good Business Dissertation (ebook)
• Essentials of business research: A guide to doing your research project / HD30.4 .W55 2010

Humanities and Social Sciences:

• An interactive approach to writing essays and research reports in psychology / PE1429 .B87 2010
• How to publish your PhD: A practical guide for the humanities and social sciences / Z286.S37 C37 2000

Health Sciences and Medicine:

• How to write health science papers, dissertations, and theses / R852.T49 2000

Law:

• Researching and writing in law / KL/155/.K1 HUT/2010

Sustainable Development and Architecture:

• Writing a built environment dissertation :practical guidance and examples / TH213.5 .F37 2011
• The dissertation: An architecture student’s handbook (ebook)

Web resources:

• Writing and Presenting Your Dissertation or Thesis
  Detailed outline of proposal, writing and thesis presentation.
• How to Organise Your Thesis
  A succinct coverage of the postgraduate thesis process.
• How to Write a PhD Thesis
  Practical advice on the problems of getting started, getting organized and dividing the task into less formidable pieces.
• Grammar and Writing Resources
  A guide to grammar and writing resources from the Capital Community College Foundation.
• Copyright Guide for Research Students
  Designed to assist research students in managing copyright issues which they may encounter in writing and depositing their electronic thesis in an online repository.
• Writing a Proposal 
  PhD dissertation or thesis development stages