There is much that is of use to stressed PhD students on the web, and I highlight some of the resources I have found useful here:
General Links
- The National Postgraduate Committee
- University of Wales, Swansea. A list compiled by Dr. G. Balabanis for EBMS research students
- PhinisheD A discussion and support group for people who cannot seem to finish their dissertations or thesis.
- What skills do you gain from a PhD? (THES, May 1997)
- SOSIG: Social Science Information Gateway
- Dr Ian Kennedy: How to do research (South Africa)
- Graduate Student Resources on the Web: Dan Horn (University of Michigan, USA)
- Graduate School Survival Guide University of Stanford, USA
- Postgraduate Research (Brunel University)
Viva Preparation
- How to Survive a Thesis Defence (Joe Wolfe, Physics)
- Thesis Defence (University of Sheffield, Computer Science)
- Murray, R., How to Survive Your Viva: Defending a Thesis in an Oral Examination, (Open University) 2003
- Tinkler, P. and Jackson, C., The Doctoral Examination Process, (Open University) 2004
Useful Texts
- Bolker, Joan Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day, 1998
- Cryer, P. & Harris, M. The Research Student’s Guide to Success, 2000 (2nd Edn)
- Davis, G. & Parker, C. Writing the Doctoral Dissertation : A Systematic Approach, 1997 (2nd Edn)
- Delamont, S., Atkinson, P. & Odette, P. Supervising the PhD, 1997
- Dunleavey, P. Authoring a PhD: How to Plan, Draft, Write and Finish a Doctoral Thesis or Dissertation 2003
- Phillips, E.M. & Pugh, D.S. How to Get a PhD, 2000 (3rd Edn)