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The undergraduate research handbook / Gina Wisker.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Palgrave study skillsPublisher: London : Red Globe Press, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: Second editionDescription: xxvi, 343 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781137341488
  • 1137341483
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 001.42 23
LOC classification:
  • LB2369.W81.2
  • LB2369 .W57 2019
Contents:
Glossary.- Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- PART I: GETTING STARTED.- The Enquiring Mind in Action.- Starting Research.- Good Research: The Essentials.- International Students and Those New to Research Learning in Higher Education.- Carrying Out Research for a Project or Dissertation.- Putting Ethics into Practice.- Research Paradigms, Theorising and Conceptual Frameworks.- Writing a Research Proposal.- Carrying Out a Literature Review: Engaging with the Literature.- Research Methodology and Methods.- Finding and Using Sources.- Using the Internet for Research and Some Introductory Digital Technology.- Quantitative Methods in Action: Questionnaires, Observation.- Qualitative Methods in Action.- Varieties of Research: Practitioner-Based and Action Research, Phenomenography and Ethnography, and Other Real-World Research.- PART II: MANAGING PEOPLE AND PROCESSES.- Collecting, Selecting, Organising and Analysing Data, Interpretation.- Managing Your Lecturer or Supervisor/Advisor.- Managing Your Time, Life, Paid Work and Research.- PART III: WRITING AND MOVING ON.- Researching and Writing in Different Disciplines.- Developing Good Writing Habits.- Writing Well, in the Right Shapes and Forms: the Authority of Your Research and Your Writing.- Maintaining Momentum and Overcoming Difficulties with Time, Writing, Theorising the Project and the Research Process.- What Do Examiners Look For? What Do Employers Look For? And How to Ensure Your Work Matches Their Expectations.- Bibliography.- Index.
Summary: "This practical, research-informed text will provide students across all disciplines with models, tasks and activities to enable them to plan, action, write and present quality research. It will help develop ideas, creative thinking and systematic research practices to enable students to produce high quality dissertations and reports." -- provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
General Lending Wexford Campus Library Wexford General Lending 001.42 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 85610
General Lending Wexford Campus Library Wexford General Lending 001.42 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 85611

"Macmillan International Higher Education."

CW017

Previous edition: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-340) and index.

Glossary.- Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- PART I: GETTING STARTED.- The Enquiring Mind in Action.- Starting Research.- Good Research: The Essentials.- International Students and Those New to Research Learning in Higher Education.- Carrying Out Research for a Project or Dissertation.- Putting Ethics into Practice.- Research Paradigms, Theorising and Conceptual Frameworks.- Writing a Research Proposal.- Carrying Out a Literature Review: Engaging with the Literature.- Research Methodology and Methods.- Finding and Using Sources.- Using the Internet for Research and Some Introductory Digital Technology.- Quantitative Methods in Action: Questionnaires, Observation.- Qualitative Methods in Action.- Varieties of Research: Practitioner-Based and Action Research, Phenomenography and Ethnography, and Other Real-World Research.- PART II: MANAGING PEOPLE AND PROCESSES.- Collecting, Selecting, Organising and Analysing Data, Interpretation.- Managing Your Lecturer or Supervisor/Advisor.- Managing Your Time, Life, Paid Work and Research.- PART III: WRITING AND MOVING ON.- Researching and Writing in Different Disciplines.- Developing Good Writing Habits.- Writing Well, in the Right Shapes and Forms: the Authority of Your Research and Your Writing.- Maintaining Momentum and Overcoming Difficulties with Time, Writing, Theorising the Project and the Research Process.- What Do Examiners Look For? What Do Employers Look For? And How to Ensure Your Work Matches Their Expectations.- Bibliography.- Index.

"This practical, research-informed text will provide students across all disciplines with models, tasks and activities to enable them to plan, action, write and present quality research. It will help develop ideas, creative thinking and systematic research practices to enable students to produce high quality dissertations and reports." -- provided by publisher.

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