The unwritten rules of PhD research - RUGG (Berkshire : Open University Press, 2004)
This books looks at thingsthe other books don't tell ypu about doing a PhD-what it's really like and how to come throught it with a happy endings! It covers all things you wish someone had told you before you started What a PhD is really about, and how to do one well, the "unwritten rules" of research and of academic writing, what your supervisor actually menas by term like "goods referencing" and "clean research question", how to write like a skilled researched question, how academic career really work. An ideal resource if someone you care about (including yourself!) is undergroing or considering a PhD. This book turn lost, clueless student back into people who know what they are doing, and who can enjoy life again
Keywords: Dissertations Academic; Doctor of Philosophy degree; Research methodology