Allison, B. (2004) The student’s guide to preparing dissertations and theses. … ( 2004) Your undergraduate dissertation: the essential guide for success. … Fisher, C. M. (2004) Researching and writing a dissertation for business students. …

This guide gives details of books in Oxford Brookes University Library which are relevant to researching and writing a dissertation, particularly at undergraduate or taught postgraduate level. It is divided into 2 sections:
Part 1 General, non subject specific books;
Part 2 Subject specific resources.

NB: The majority of titles listed are held at Headington Library, but please check the Library catalogue to find out which titles are held at Wheatley and/or Harcourt Hill and if pamphlet, oversize etc.

Part 1: General books (non subject specific)

Allison, B. (2004) The student’s guide to preparing dissertations and theses. 2nd ed.
London : RoutledgeFalmer.
808.066 ALL

Anderson, J. (2001) Assignment and thesis writing. 4th ed. Chichester : Wiley.
808.066 AND

Berry, R. (2004) The research project: how to write it. 5th ed. Abingdon : Routledge.
808.066 BER

Blaxter, L. et al (2006) How to research. 3rd ed. Maidenhead : Open University Press.
300.72 BLA

British Standards Institution (1990) British standard recommendations for the presentation of
808.02 BRI
theses and dissertations. 2nd ed. London : B.S.I.

Bryman, A. Social research methods. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
300.72 BRY

Coombes, H. (2001) Research using IT. Basingstoke : Palgrave.

Cryer, P. (2006) The research student’s guide to success. 3rd ed. Maidenhead : Open
University.
001.43 CRY

Fitzpatrick, J. et al (1998) Secrets for a successful dissertation. London : Sage.
808.066 FIT

Gash, S. (2000) Effective literature searching for research. 2nd ed. Aldershot : Gower.
378.170281 GAS

Greenfield, T. (ed) (2002) Research methods for postgraduates. 2nd ed. London: Arnold.
001.43 RES

Higgins, R. (1996) Approaches to research: a handbook for those writing a dissertation.
London : Jessica Kingsley.
362.1072 HIG

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