Your PhD companion (Record no. 40213)
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| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781845283926 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 001.42 |
| Item number | MAR |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Marshall, Stephen |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Your PhD companion |
| Remainder of title | the insider guide to mastering the practical realities of getting your PhD |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 3rd |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Oxford |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | How to Books |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2010 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xii,156,viip. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Acknowledgements ix<br/>Preface xi<br/>1. Introduction 1<br/>What is a PhD? 2<br/>A brief history of the PhD 3<br/>A PhD route map (and guide to this book) 4<br/>2. Embarking on a PhD 7<br/>Wanting to do a PhD 8<br/>. Why another degree? 9<br/>Possible reasons for doing a PhD 12<br/>How long will it take? 13<br/>The part-time option 14<br/>Albert Einstein 15<br/>What topic? 15<br/>Some interesting PhD topics 16<br/>The Grand Academy of Lagado 16<br/>Funding 17<br/>Where to do it? 19<br/>Who to do it with? 19<br/>Applying to do a PhD 22<br/>Dragons' Den 24<br/>Ten bits of advice before you start 25<br/>3. You and Your Supervisor 26<br/>Your relationship with your supervisor 27<br/>How to address your supervisor 29<br/>Expectations: you and your supervisor 29<br/>Supervisors: the good, the bad and the ugly 30<br/>Relating to your supervisor's research 31<br/>Ten questions to ask a prospective supervisor 32<br/>Supervisors: when things go wrong... 33<br/>Loss of a supervisor 34<br/>Disputes 35<br/>Intellectual property issues 36<br/>Cecilia Payne 38<br/> 4. Finding Your Feet<br/>(and a Desk to Put Them Under) 40<br/>Your place in the department 4l<br/>The academic food chain 43<br/>Your contribution 43<br/>Your space 44<br/>Office facilities 46<br/>Health and safety 48<br/>A fresh start 48<br/> 5. Doing the Research 49<br/>Originality and what it means 50 Finding that someone else has 'done your thesis' 51<br/>Searching the literature 51<br/>Information overload 54<br/>PhD as jigsaw 55 Methodology: research as an iterative process 56<br/>Fieldwork and lab work 57<br/>Marie Curie 58<br/>Time management 59<br/>The upgrade report 61<br/> 6. Life as a PhD Student 63<br/>Long haul irritations 64<br/>When you're down 65<br/>PhD joys: being paid to do a hobby? 66<br/>PhD progress 67<br/>Meeting people 67<br/>Surviving relationships 68<br/>When will you finish? 69<br/>Diminishing marginal overruns 72 <br/>Working while you study (or, in search of cash and kudos) 72<br/>7. Academia 74<br/>Academic research . 75<br/>Conferences 76<br/>Book reviews 77<br/>Lab demonstrations 77<br/>Lecturing and tutoring 78<br/>Being a supervisor 78<br/>Marking 78<br/>Invigilation 79<br/>Research employment 79<br/>Ludwig Wittgenstein 80<br/>8. Thesis Construction 83<br/>The big one 84<br/>What the thesis is 84<br/>Narrative structure 85<br/>Thesis components 86<br/>Examples of PhD titles 87<br/>Bibliographic by-ways 90 Language and writing style 92 Writing in English as a foreign language 92 Holding a whole thesis in your head 93<br/>Writing processes 94<br/>Frankenstein's thesis 96<br/>Unwriting 96<br/>The obese thesis 97<br/>Dr Seuss 97<br/>B. Survival 99<br/>Climbing at altitude 100 PhD completion and attrition 101<br/>Mission to Mars 102 Plotting your course in PhD-space 105<br/>Working and writing up 106<br/>Unravelling purposes 108<br/>Unfinished business 108<br/>Magnum opus 109<br/>The Devil's bargain 111<br/>Dr Johnson 113<br/>10. The End Came 114<br/>Entering the end game 115<br/>Knowing the rules 115 <br/>Playing the game . 117<br/>Preparing for submission: final content check 118<br/>Formatting your thesis 118<br/>Keep a back-up 120<br/>Acknowledgements 120<br/>Final printing 121<br/>Now you see it! 123<br/>...... and then three come along 123<br/>The person whose dinner guest spilled wine over the final printed version of the thesis 124<br/>Finishing 124<br/>11. The Examination 126<br/>Outcomes of the viva voce 127<br/>Choosing your examiners 127<br/>About the examiner 129<br/>How the examiner may see it 130<br/>Averting corrections 131<br/>Preparing for the exam 135<br/>Defending your thesis 137<br/>Enjoying the viva (it's possible) 139<br/>The day of the viva 139<br/>Heisenberg's viva 140<br/>12. The Afterlife 142<br/>Making corrections after the viva 143<br/>Graduation 144<br/>Isaac Asimov 144<br/>Building on your doctoral research 145<br/>Turning your thesis into a book 147<br/>Top tips on doing a PhD 148<br/>Further Reading 150<br/>Index 151<br/><br/> |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Green, Nick |
| 890 ## - Country | |
| Country | India |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | General | CEPT Library | CEPT Library | 02/09/2014 | infibeam.com | 962.00 | 1 | 001.42 MAR | 013091 | 13/09/2014 | 06/09/2014 | 962.00 | 21/08/2014 | Book | Bill No.DT-140816-2068-0044 Dt.16/08/2014 |