Doing Your Research Project

Doing Your Research Project, 5th Revised edition--------------------------------------------------Worldwide bestseller - over 250,000 copies sold. This book offers step-by-stepadvice on completing an outstanding research project. Research canbe daunting, particularly for first-timers, but this indispensablebook provides everything you need to know to prepare for, research,draft and finalise a methodologically sound and well-written reportor thesis, plus it warns you of potential pitfalls to prevent you wastingtime on false trails. This new edition of Doing Your Research Projecthas been thoroughly updated and includes: wider coverage of researchethics, clear guidelines on the differences between different typesof research project, new coverage of 'Research diaries', new sourcesin further reading plus more information on internet research and theuse of electronic resources, coverage of the latest information onplagiarism, and more examples to highlight key issues. This bestsellingbook is an essential resource to help establish good practice for beginnerresearchers embarking on undergraduate or postgraduate study, and forprofessionals in such fields as social science, education, and health.--------------------------------------------------Author Biography: 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 continuingeducation. In 1997 she was awarded the MBE for services to educationalresearch and in the same year was awarded the degree of D.Univ by theOpen University, for services to adult education and to the University.