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by mathwoman on 1st October 2002 1:00 PM This is an excellent book about how to maintain balance between teaching, research and service. Perhaps a little overpriced for a not very large paperback--get someone to give it to you as a graduation present!
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by claire on 13th November 2000 12:00 PM Another excellent research guide published by Sage
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by LizD on 30th August 2002 1:00 PM Subtitle: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious about Serious Books. A classic on academic publishing--preparing the manuscript and understanding the system
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by Carine Bichet on 3rd February 2007 12:00 PM In this step-by-step guide to viva preparation, Dr. Rowena Murray -- the Yoda of British higher education -- provides yet another invaluable tool for Ph.D. candidates. Although the book focuses upon U.K. contexts, it is also useful for those facing thesis defenses in other countries. (Murray's own Ph.D. is from Penn State in the U.S.)
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by Carine Bichet on 17th November 2000 12:00 PM This favorite of several PhinisheD posters has made such a splash among North American doctoral students and junior faculty that it is headed into its third printing on that continent. This witty and empathetic modern classic offers solid, empathetic, and -- above all -- *practical* advice germane to a variety of common Ivory Tower dilemmas.
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by Unregistered on 20th February 2006 12:00 PM Borrowing from their expertise as scholars and teachers, the authors blend philosophy and practice to describe what scholarly research undertaken from the perspective of the soul might look like and to account for the exceptional experience of psychological inquiry at its best.
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by Carine Bichet on 3rd February 2007 12:00 PM A comprehensive, accessible, step-by-step guide to the various aspects of university teaching. A must-have for new instructors, the book also serves as a nice refresher for more experienced faculty.
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by Brooke on 13th November 2000 12:00 PM Zerubavel's tone is a little annoying, but if you're having a hard time with the nuts and bolts of setting deadlines, or if you need hope that you can finish QUICKLY, then this book is helpful.
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by Policywonk on 27th February 2005 12:00 PM Great book for overcoming emotional and psychological barriers to writing.
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by Guest on 21st February 2010 11:47 PM This book is inspiring. It has a lot of great tips for getting through the dissertation. It's also very motivating and encouraging. It's not just about the writing. It covers the process but most importantly it's a quick read. I read it in one day.
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by Tom on 12th November 2000 12:00 PM
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by claire on 13th November 2000 12:00 PM
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by CarolC on 18th November 2000 12:00 PM Helps you understand the roots of your procrastination behavior and gives practical strategies for overcoming it. Includes a chapter of wise and humane advice to those living with a procrastinator, which should be required reading for all partners of dissertation writers!
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by LizD on 30th August 2002 1:00 PM Discusses the differences between thesis and book, and how to go from one to the other
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by Tom on 12th November 2000 12:00 PM Subtitle: How to Think about Your Research While You're Doing It. Another book that's highly recommended by Tom.
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by Carine Bichet on 25th June 2006 1:00 PM U.S.-educated, U.K.-based scholar Rowena Murray helps writers seeking publication to build a toolkit of techniques that actually work. Murray not only covers writing, but also shows you how to select and analyze target journals, how to tailor your work to the selected journal, and how to plan writing schedules that work even when one is teaching a full load. Extremely highly recommended.
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by Tom on 12th November 2000 12:00 PM Subtitle: How to Start & Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article. Highly recommended for all academic writers by Tom.
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by Tom on 12th November 2000 12:00 PM A guide to starting, revising, and finishing your doctoral thesis. This book is so popular among board members that it might be the unoffical "PhinisheD Bible".
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by Carine Bichet on 2nd June 2003 1:00 PM Superlative planning, drafting, and revising advice (including revising for publication). Sidesteps a 'one size fits all' approach, explaining differences in the UK, European, and US systems. Great strategies for conquering paralysis and blocks.
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by Tom on 20th November 2000 12:00 PM From the writer of the best-selling "Operating Instructions" comes this timely tract on the art of writing--an anecdotal, frank step-by-step guide on how to write and how to manage a writer's life. Offers advice on getting started, character, plot, dialogue, writer's block, writing groups, publication, and more.
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by Doreah on 17th July 2008 10:37 AM Destination Dissertation has been useful for many phinishers. While it's rather more geared towards humanities and social sciences it offers good advice for all disciplines. The part about writing the literature review is probably the most useful advice.
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by Robosapien on 10th April 2006 1:00 PM Offers a complete system for downloading all those free-floating gotta-do's clogging your brain into a sophisticated framework of files and action lists--all purportedly to free your mind to focus on whatever you're working on.
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by Susana on 13th November 2000 12:00 PM Good advice, well written. Often funny.``It really helped one particular PhinisheD member get started writing her thesis.
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by CarolC on 18th November 2000 12:00 PM Important and useful information on getting that dissertation into print, some of which is worth knowing even while you're still writing. Appendix lists possible sources of government and nongovernment grants for publication. Very useful bibliography.
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by Carine Bichet on 25th June 2006 1:00 PM Educated in the U.S. but now based in an academic post in her native U.K., Murray has created a smart, savvy, practical guide to planning and completing the Ph.D. thesis/Ph.D. dissertation. Murray's book helps you to assemble a toolkit of strategies for daily use, and also helps you to "build enough muscle to lift it." Extremely highly recommended. [First Edition http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-0335207189-3]
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by Unregistered on 24th October 2001 1:00 PM This is one of the most widely used style manuals in the social sciences
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by stella on 20th June 2008 12:32 PM This guide to grammar and writing style is great resource on the nuts and bolts of grammar and ways to improve your writing. One of the more useful aspects of the book is the extensive use of examples of writing. Hale offers a range of excerpts including George Orwell, writers for the New Yorker, OSHA documents (Occupational Safety and Health Administration in US).
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by Tom on 12th November 2000 12:00 PM Subtitle: A Guide To Graduate Student Research From Proposal To Completion
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by Tom on 12th November 2000 12:00 PM Subtitle: A Comprehensive Guide to Content & Process
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by Carine Bichet on 2nd June 2003 1:00 PM Fabulous, nuts-and-bolts guide to conducting and writing-up research projects large and small. Great writing and thesis- and paper-structuring advice for students working in fields where the researching and writing stages of a thesis or paper are often concurrent (e.g. history).
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by Tom on 6th February 2002 12:00 PM Underneath the "mask" of success and confidence Impostor Syndrome victims are pretty vulnerable, skeptical when accepting compliments, and ready to discount facts that point out to their intelligence and success.
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by ethel on 13th July 2008 6:00 PM I'm glad I found this and wish I'd had it earlier. The authors aim to "demistify academic writing by isolating its basic moves" and they offer "templates" (don't scoff--they're excellent!) of these moves--how to introduce an argument, how to disagree with current scholarship, how to quote, how to agree and disagree at the same time. Refreshingly accessible and directly helpful, for both undergrad and graduate student academic writers. Very useful for that (those? ;-P) clunky passage or...
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by GeoGal on 30th July 2001 1:00 PM Incredibly helpful book; useful for undergraduates to junior faculty. Aimed at those wanting to stay in academia, but has a lot of useful advice on positioning oneself broadly enough to be attractive outside academia also.
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by ksosh on 27th January 2010 8:44 AM (Background: I'm in social sciences, and have nothing to do (both background and interest wise) with art or music therapy.)
While the objectives in the front of the book say it's to assist in the planning of a dissertation or similar writing exercise of at least 5000 words, and to provide overviews of qualitative and quantitative research methods in any subject, it largely fails.
Critique: Virtually every example covered qualitative art or music therapy research, and the methods section was so...
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by Samantha on 8th July 2002 1:00 PM Join some PhinisheD pholks in exchanging books with the world! See other PhinisheD pholks' lists at http://www.geocities.com/msprocrasti...kcrossing.html
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by MichelleB on 4th June 2010 12:21 PM This book focuses on practical advice for both the research and writing process - this book isn't just conceptual. For example, the author gives ideas on how to organized your lit-review reading and how to use EndNote (or other similar software) to organize your notes so that all of your notes are easily located and "citable." She also suggests ways to break down the research and writing process to make it less overwhelming. A student I work with who is part-way through her...
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by Mary McKinney, Ph.D. on 17th August 2003 1:00 PM A comprehensive reference list by Clinical Psychologist and Dissertation Skills Coach, Mary McKinney, Ph.D.. Includes ratings and descriptions of the books.
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by Guest on 30th October 2009 12:34 AM This is a website for a resource book. I talk about the little things I did throughout the program that allowed me to actually complete my dissertation in six months instead of a year or two or infinity. In the book I show students the little simple resources that are available to help them cut down the time they spend working on a dissertations. I point out the many simple resources that are available but are just not using being used by students and show how they helped me.
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