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Suggested Further Reading

• Tonich, D (1999) Key Factors in Postgraduate Research - A Guide for Students.
  Available for downloading at www.doctortee.net
  
• Anderson, J. and Poole, M. (1994) Thesis and Assignment Writing. 2nd ed. John Wiley and Sons, Brisbane. 808.02 A547
   
• American Psychological Association Committee for the Protection of Human Participants in Research (1982) Ethical Principles in the Conduct of Research with Human Participants. APA Washington DC.              174.915 AME
   
• Armstrong, J. and Conrad, L. (1994) “Evaluating your own effectiveness in supervising postgraduate research and independent study”, Module I in Subject Evaluation: A Resource Book for Improving Learning and Teaching. Griffith Institute for Higher Education, Griffith University, Brisbane, 143- 169.
   
• Barzun J., and Graff, H.F. (1992) The Modern Researcher 5th ed. Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, New York.           907.2 BAR
   
• Blaxter L., Hughes, C. & Tight, M. (1996) How to research. Buckingham:  Open University Press.  001.42 BLA
   
• Chalmers, A.F. (1982) What Is This Thing Called Science? An Assessment of the Nature and Status of Science and its Methods. 2nd ed. University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, Qld.             501 C438
   
• Clanchy, J. and Ballard, B. (1986) Essay Writing for Students: A Guide for Arts and Social Science Students. Longman Cheshire, Melbourne.       808.042 C587 1
   
• Commonwealth of Australia, (1978) Style Manual for Authors, Editors and Printers. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.   G808.025 STY
   
• Cryer, P. (1996) The research student’s guide to success. Buckingham: Open University Press.    378 17028 12 CRY
   
• Davis, G.B. and Parker, C. (1979) Writing the Doctoral Dissertation: A Systematic Approach; Barron's Educational Services, Woodbury, NY.
   
• Directory of Postgraduate Study. (1994) Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee, Graduate Careers Council of Australia and The Graduate Connection, Parkville, Vic. R378.94 DIR 1
   
• Economic and Social Research Council (1991) Postgraduate Training: Guidelines on the Provision of Research Training for Postgraduate Research Students in the Social Sciences, ESRC, Swindon.
   
• Economic and Social Research Council (1984) The Preparation and Supervision of Research Theses in the Social Sciences. ESRC, London.
   
• Eichler, M. (1988) Nonsexist Research Methods: A Practical Guide. Allen and Unwin, Boston.      300.72 EIC
   
• Fiske, D.W. and Fogg, L. (1990) “But the reviewers are making different criticisms of my paper! Diversity and uniqueness in reviewer comments”, American Psychologist. 45, 591-598.
   
• Gay, L.R. (1987) Educational Research: Competencies for Analysis and Application. 3rd ed Merrill, Columbus, Ohio.
   
• Gibaldi, J., Achtert, W. (1988) MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 3rd ed. The Modern Language Association of America, New York.      R808.02 GIB
   
• Govier, T. (1988) A Practical Study of Argument. Wadsworth, Belmont, Calif. 168 GOV
   
• Higher Education Research and Development 3 (2), 1984. (Special issue on postgraduate education)        JX 378.0072094 H638 1
   
• Howard, K. and Sharp, J. A. (1983) The Management of a Student Research Project. Gower, Aldershot, Hants.       378.170281 H849
   
• Kumar, R., (1993) Writing a Research Proposal: Some guidelines for beginners. Curtin University of Technology, Perth. P808.066 KUM
   
• Leedy, P.D. (1974) Practical  research:  Planning  and  design, (4th ed.), New York: Macmillan               001.4 LEE
           
• Lester, J.D. (1993) Writing Research Papers: A Complete Guide. Harper Collins College, New York.        808.023 L642 1 (1976 ed.)
   
• Lethbridge, R., (1991) Techniques for Successful Seminars and Poster Presentations. Longman Cheshire Pty Ltd, Melbourne.
   
• Lewins, F. (1988) Writing a Thesis: A Guide to its Nature and Organisation. 2nd ed. Australian National University, Canberra.
   
• Long, T.J., Convey, J. and Chwalek, A. (1985) Completing Dissertations in the Behavioral Sciences and Education. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco.    808.0420711 L849
   
• Madsen, D. (1992) Successful Dissertations and Theses. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco.
   
• Moses, I. (1985) Supervising Postgraduates. HERDSA Green Guide No 3. Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia, Kensington, N.S.W. P378.19422 MOS
   
• Nightingale, P. (1986) Improving Student Writing. HERDSA Green Guide No 4. Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia, Kensington, N.S.W. P808.020711 NIG
   
• O’Connor, M. (1991) Writing Successfully in Science. Chapman & Hall, London. 808.0665 OCO
   
• Orna, E. & Stevens, G. (1995) Managing  information  for research.  Buckingham:  Open University Press.  001.4 ORN
   
• Pauley, S. (1979) Technical Report Writing Today. 2nd ed. Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston. 808.0666 P326
   
• Phillips, E.M. and Pugh, D.S. (1994) How to get a PhD. Second edition. Open University Press, Buckingham.       378.240941 PHI (1987 ed.)
   
• Powles, M. (1988) Know Your PhD Students and How to Help Them. Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic.       KS 370.773 KNO
   
• Powles, M. (1988) How's the Thesis Going? Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic.    KS 370.773 HOW
   
• Reynolds, L. and Simmonds, D. (1984) Presentation of Data in Science. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, The Hague.   507.8 R463 1 (1981 ed.)
   
• Rudestam, K. and Newton, R. (1992) Surviving Your Dissertation: A Comprehensive Guide to Content and Process. Sage Publications, California.            808.02 RUD
   
• Sadler, D.R. (1990) Up the Publication Road. 2nd ed. HERDSA Green Guide No 2. Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia, Kensington, N.S.W. 070.52 SAD
   
• Salmon, P. (1992) Achieving a PhD - The Student's Experience. Trentham,  Stoke-on-Trent.
   
• Science and Engineering Research Council (1989) Research Student and Supervisor: An Approach to Good Supervisory Practice. SERC, Swindon, U.K.
   
• Sternberg, D. (1981) How to Complete and Survive a Doctoral Dissertation. St Martin, New York.
   
• Strunk, W. Jr. and White, E.B. (1979) The Elements of Style. 3rd ed. Macmillan. 808.042 S927 1
   
• Toulmin, S. (1958) The Uses of Argument. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 168 T724 1
   
• Tuckman, B. (1990) “A proposal for improving the quality of published educational research” Educational Researcher. 19, 22 - 25.
   
• Weissberg, R. and Buker, S. (1990) Writing Up Research, Experimental Research Report Writing for Students of English. Prentice-Hall, New Jersey
   
• Yin, R. (1989) Case Study Research: Design and Methods. Sage Publications, Newbury Park, California.            300.722 Y51
   
• Zuber-Skerritt, O. (ed) (1992) Starting Research - Supervision and Training. Tertiary Education Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane.
   
• Zuber-Skerritt, O. (ed) (1992) Manual for Conducting Workshops on Postgraduate Supervision. TEI, University of Queensland, Brisbane. (Research Section)
   
• Zuber-Skerritt, O. (ed) (1994) Second Manual for Conducting Workshops on Postgraduate Supervision. TEI, University of Queensland, Brisbane. (Research Section)
   
• Zuber-Skerritt, O. and Ryan, Y. (eds) (1994) Quality in Postgraduate Education. Kogan Page, London.

Note:  Murdoch University library numbers are included above where there is a library copy.  The ASU Student Learning Resource Centre (EH 2.67) also holds many of these titles, and other useful references for graduate studies and supervision.

The Research Section has two series of videos on postgraduate research and supervision produced by Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt, which are available for School loan.
                                                

You may also want to recommend DOC-Talk.

This moderated discussion list provides information of value to graduate  students with information about how to do their dissertations and theses, as well as to their advising faculty.  Doc-Talk is published and sponsored by ASGS, the Association for Support of Graduate Students.