Doing Your Research Project (Open Up Study Skills) - Softcover

Bell, Judith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0335235824 ISBN 13: 9780335235827

Publisher: Open University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Worldwide bestseller - over 250,000 copies sold
Step-by-step advice on completing an outstanding research project.

Research can be daunting, particularly for first-timers, but this indispensable book provides everything you need to know to prepare for research, draft and finalise a methodologically sound and well-written report or thesis, plus it warns you of potential pitfalls to prevent you wasting time on false trails.

This new edition of Doing Your Research Project has been thoroughly updated and includes:

• Wider coverage of research ethics
• Clear guidelines on the differences between different types of research project
• New coverage of "Research diaries"
• New sources in further reading plus more information on internet research and the use of electronic resources
• Coverage of the latest information on plagiarism
• More examples to highlight key issues

This bestselling book is an essential resource to help establish good practice for beginner researchers embarking on undergraduate or postgraduate study, and for professionals in such fields as social science, education, and health.

About this title

Review:

'Offers simple practical advice for students on what to do...and perhaps more importantly what not to do.'
--The Bookseller, 15 January 2010

About the Author:

Judith Bell has worked as a university lecturer, head of department and vice principal in colleges of further education; as a senior counsellor and course team writer for the Open University; and as one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools specializing in continuing education. In 1997 she was awarded the MBE for services to educational research and in the same year was awarded the degree of D.Univ by the Open University, for services to adult education and to the University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Open University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0335235824
• ISBN 13: 9780335235827
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 296