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  <titleInfo>
    <title>Successful dissertations and theses</title>
    <subTitle>a guide to graduate student research from proposal to completion</subTitle>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Madsen, David</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1929-</namePart>
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    <place>
      <placeTerm type="text">San Francisco</placeTerm>
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    <publisher>Jossey-Bass</publisher>
    <dateIssued>1992</dateIssued>
    <edition>2nd ed.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <language>
    <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm>
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    <extent>xix, 216 p. ;  23 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>1. Starting and completing the dissertation--
2. Working with the research adviser and advisory comittee--
3. Selecting and shaping the research topic--
4. Preparing the research proposal--
5. Employing basic research sources and techniques--
6. Using the library and locating essential resources--
Organizing, outlining, and writing--
8 Defending the thesis--
9. Adapting the thesis for publication and presentation--
Resources: sample proposals and manuscript pages.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">David Madsen.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-207) and index.</note>
  <subject>
    <topic>Dissertations, Academic</topic>
    <topic>Handbooks, manuals, etc</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject>
    <topic>Research</topic>
    <topic>Handbooks, manuals, etc</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject>
    <topic>Report writing</topic>
    <topic>Handbooks, manuals, etc</topic>
  </subject>
  <classification authority="lcc">LB2369 .M32 1992</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">1555423892</identifier>
  <identifier type="lccn">91021687</identifier>
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