Includes bibliographical references and index.

What's It All For? / What Types of Dissertations Are There? / What Will It Be About? / How Do I Get Started? / What's All This About Philosophy? / How Do I Write A Proposal? / What About Working and Planning My Time? / Where and How Do I Get Hold of All the Necessary Background Information? / How Can I Manage All the Notes? / Arguments - Why Do I Need Them? / What Sorts of Data Will I Find? / What's All This About Ethics? / How Do I Get Hold of Data? / What Do I Do with the Information When I've Got It? / When Do I Need To Combine Data Collection with Analysis? / How Can I Create a Mini World To Manipulate? / What About Referencing? / Writing It Up: How on Earth Can I Manage such a Long Piece of Writing? / What Can I Do To Make My Work Look Interesting and Easy To Read? / Who Else Might Be Interested in My Writing?

This guide to all the essential facets of dissertation writing at undergraduate level provides advice for preparing a project and choosing a topic, and guidelines for writing a project proposal and producing a literature review.