These journal articles have been chosen to give you a deeper understanding of the topics covered in this chapter and to help you read more widely. Click on the link below to access the journal article.

Shall we Dance? The Importance of Staff-student Relationships to Undergraduate Dissertation Preparation, James Derounian, Active Learning in Higher Education July 2011 12: 91–100

Writing a Dissertation, Robin Queen and Lauren Squires, Journal of English Linguistics, September 2011; vol. 39, 3: pp. 300–305, first published July 10, 2011

The Failure of Dissertation Advice Books: Toward Alternative Pedagogies for Doctoral Writing, Barbara Kamler and Pat Thomson, Educational Researcher, November 2008; vol. 37, 8: pp. 507–514

Dissertation Research, Mark Zachry, Business Communication Quarterly, June 2003; vol. 66, 2: pp. 75–76

On-line Literature Review (on student reading) http://litreview.pbwiki.com/

LearnHigher pages on research http://www.learnhigher.ac.uk/resourcepages/doingresearch/doingresearch.html

Cornell University site http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/

CETL-AURS: Interactive research site for science students – how to conduct literature reviews and improve scientific writing http://www.engageinresearch.ac.uk/

Education Studies – Action Research website – with links to BERA http://www.jeanmcniff.com/index.html

Publisher's forum on Research Methods http://www.methodspace.com/

Post-graduate: Managing your research project http://www.vitae.ac.uk/1220/Managing-your-research-project.html

And http://www.unisa.edu.au/ltu/students/research/default.asp

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