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100 1 $aMarshall, Stephen.
245 10 $aYour PhD companion :$ba handy mix of practical tips, sound advice and helpful commentary to see you through your PhD /$cStephen Marshall & Nick Green.
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aOxford :$bHow To Books,$c2007.
300 $axii, 164 p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $a1. Introduction -- What is a PhD? -- A brief history of the PhD -- A PhD route map (and guide to this book) -- 2. Embarking on a PhD -- Wanting to do a PhD -- Why another degree? -- Possible reasons for doing a PhD -- How long will it take? -- The part-time option -- Albert Einstein -- What topic? -- Some interesting PhD topics -- The Grand Academy of Lagado -- Funding -- Where to do it? -- Who to do it with? -- Ten bits of advice before you start -- 3. You and Your Supervisor -- Your relationship with your supervisor -- How to address your supervisor -- Expectations: you and your supervisor -- Supervisors: the good, the bad and the ugly -- Relating to your supervisor's research -- Ten questions to ask a prospective supervisor -- Supervisors: when things go wrong... -- Loss of a supervisor -- Disputes -- Intellectual property issues -- Cecilia Payne -- 4. Finding Your Feet (and a Desk to Put Them Under) -- Your place in the department -- The academic food chain -- Your contribution -- Your space -- Office facilities -- Health and safety -- A fresh start -- 5. Doing the Research -- Originality and what it means -- Finding that someone else has 'done your thesis -- Searching the literature -- Information overload -- PhD as jigsaw -- Methodology: research as an iterative process -- Fieldwork and lab work -- Marie Curie -- Time management -- Time recording -- The upgrade report -- A PhD is like a maze -- 6. Life as a PhD Student -- Long haul irritations -- When you're down -- PhD joys: being paid to do a hobby? -- PhD progress -- Meeting people -- Surviving relationships -- When will you finish? -- Diminishing marginal overruns -- Working while you study (or, in search of cash and kudos) -- 7. Academia -- Academic research -- Conferences -- Lab demonstrations -- Lecturing and tutoring -- Being a supervisor -- Marking -- Invigilation -- Research employment -- Ludwig Wittgenstein -- 8. Thesis Construction -- The big one -- What the thesis is -- Narrative structure -- Thesis components -- Examples of PhD titles -- Literature revisited -- Bibliographic by-ways -- Language and writing style -- Writing in English as a foreign language -- Holding a whole thesis in your head -- Writing processes -- Frankenstein's thesis -- Unwriting -- The obese thesis -- Dr Seuss -- 9. Survival -- Climbing at altitude -- PhD completion and attrition -- Mission to Mars -- Plotting your course in PhD-space -- Working and writing up -- Unravelling purposes -- Unfinished business -- Magnum opus -- The Devil's bargain -- Dr Johnson -- 10. The End Game -- Entering the end game -- Knowing the rules -- Playing the game -- Preparing for submission: final content check -- Formatting your thesis -- Keep a back-up -- The late submission fee -- Final printing -- Theses! -- The person whose dinner guest spilled wine over the final printed version of the thesis -- Finishing -- Now you see it! -- 11. The Examination -- Outcomes of the viva voce -- Choosing your examiners -- About the examiner -- Averting corrections -- Preparing for the exam -- Defending your thesis -- Rehearsing your defence -- The day of the viva -- Heisenberg's viva -- 12. The Afterlife -- Making corrections after the viva -- Graduation -- Isaac Asimov -- Building on your doctoral research -- Turning your thesis into a book -- Top tips on doing a PhD.
650 0 $aDoctor of philosophy degree.
650 0 $aUniversities and colleges$xGraduate work.
700 1 $aGreen, Nick.
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