TY - BOOK AU - Allison,Brian AU - Race,Philip TI - The student's guide to preparing dissertations and theses SN - 9780415334860 AV - LB2369 .A55 2004 PY - 2004/// CY - London, New York PB - RoutledgeFalmer KW - Dissertations, Academic KW - Authorship KW - Report writing KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references ( p. [97]-98) and index; The contexts of research -- Sources of research topics -- The 'felt need' to address an identified problem or question -- The existing literature of the subject field -- The deeper knowledge of a field held by research supervisors -- The thrust of institutional research in a particular university or college -- Commissioned or sponsored research -- Reporting research outcomes -- Student research reports -- Research journals -- Research abstracts -- Research indexes and databases -- Searching indexes and databases ER -