These are websites
we have visited all having to do with writing a PhD dissertation. If you visit these
sites and want to comment, please send us an email to help future visitors
negotiate these sites. Also, please send us any new links you think we should
include, along with your comments on those.
Writing Thesis and Dissertations
http://thuban.ac.hmc.edu/www_common/writing/centweb/diss.html
Comment: Clear,
comprehensive.
Web Resources
http://lib.hku.hk/general/research/guides/theses_dissertations.html#websites
Comment: Of value for book
references.
Writing Research
Thesis and Dissertations
http://lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/Dept/Tips/writing/thesis/thesis-intro.htm
Comment: Focus on chemistry and engineering but with some good general advice.
ECE Publications
Offices
http://www.ece.illinois.edu/students/grad/overview/thesis.html
Comment: Focus on Electrical and Computer
Engineering; links to other useful sites.
The Claremont Graduate College Writing Center
http://www.cgu.edu/pages/775.asp
Comment:
Clear, comprehensive.
How to Write a PhD thesis
http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/thesis.html
Comment: Practical advice, with Spanish and French versions, from a physicist.
Writing and
Presenting your Thesis or Dissertation
http://learnerassociates.net/dissthes/
Comment:
Detailed, with pdf downloadable file and versions in Spanish and Portuguese.
Dissertation
Proposal Workshop
http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/DissPropWorkshop/
Comment: Focus on writing PhD
proposal in Social Sciences.
These are other websites that
could be of some value:
Evaluating Sources
of Information
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/EvalSrcW/index.html
Comment: Authoritative advice
to help decide which are the best sources
of information.
Finding Internet
Sources
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/internet/index.html
Comment: How to get started
finding resources on the internet.
Internet Sources
for Different Fields
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/internet/resources/fieldsam.html
Comment: Listing of one or
more online referencing sources for each
academic field.
Library Research
http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/tutorial.html
Comment:
A step-by-step guide, including internet resources.
Writing Research
Papers
http://www.beyondutopia.net/research/
Comment:
Useful revision guide; otherwise, quite basic but could be of value at
Masters level.