There’s a lot on the internet about reference management that are used to gather references and to create a bibliography in your paper or dissertation. Endnote, Zotero and others have their defenders and detractors, but many don’t know that Microsoft Word contains a bibliographic manager. There is a good explanation and simple instructions about how […]
Writing
How to format your thesis – don’t revinent the wheel
Are you setting up to write your thesis in Microsoft Word? There’s no need to struggle alone. There are plenty of resources available online – try Googling for Word templates, stylesheets etc. It is worth spending some time now on getting your file right. Your department or university might have a fixed style or perhaps […]
Preparation for doing a PhD
I’ve been looking around the internet for tips about ‘doing’ a PhD and quickly realised that this topic can be broken down into: choosing a topic choosing a supervisor think about funding doing the research keeping track of everything writing the thesis probably something I’m missing here … the viva voce/ interview/ oral examination The […]
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