Chapter 12: Resources for Research Candidates
Meeting Planner
The Meeting Planner is a template that candidates can use to prepare for meetings with their supervisors.
Resource Texts
Please note that the majority of the following titles pertain to either the US or the UK doctoral systems, nonetheless a number contain useful, generic information.Proposals
Locke, Lawrence F., Waneen Wyrick
Spirduso, Stephen J. Silverman, 2000 Proposals that work:
a guide for planning dissertations and grant proposals
4th Ed., Thousand Oaks, California, Sage
Available from
the Hargrave-Andrew Library
Literature Reviews
Clerehan, Rosemary, 1999 Introduction
to Research Writing: Review the Literature Melbourne,
Language and Learning Services Unit, Monash University
Available from Language and Learning Services Unit, Monash University
Hart, Chris 1998 Doing a Literature Review: Releasing the
Social Science Research Imagination London, Sage Publications
Available from multiple locations: Check Monash Library Voyager
Massy, Alexander, 1996 'Using the Literature: 3 x 4 Analogies' in The Qualitative Report 2:4
Writing And Grammar
Gucker, Philip, 1966 Essential
English Grammar New York, Dover Publications
Available through Monash University Bookshop
Chang, Toni 1999 Articles 1: Grammar Workshop Melbourne, Language Learning Services Unit, Monash University
Chang, Toni 1999 Articles 2: Grammar Workshop Melbourne, Language Learning Services Unit, Monash University
Chang, Toni 1999 Tenses 1: Grammar Workshop Melbourne, Language Learning Services Unit, Monash University
Chang, Toni 1999 Tenses 2: Grammar Workshop Melbourne, Language Learning Services Unit, Monash University
The Times, 1999 The Times Guide to English Style and Usage , London, Warne
Williams, Joseph M., 1995 Style:
Toward Clarity and Grace Chicago, The University of Chicago
Press
Available from the Monash University Bookshops
Style
Australian Government Publishing Service (Use latest edition)Style Manual for authors, editors and printers Canberra, AGPS
Chicago
University, 1993 The Chicago manual of style
14th Ed., Chicago, University of Chicago Press
Available
from multiple locations: Check Monash Library Voyager
Available from Monash University Bookshop
Gibaldi
, Joseph 1999 MLA handbook for writers of research papers
5th Ed.,
New York, Modern Language Association of America
Available from multiple locations: Check Monash Library Voyager
Available from Monash University Bookshop
Trimmer,
J.F, 1998 Essentials Of MLA Style Boston, Houghton
Mifflin
Available from Monash University Bookshop
Publishing
Day, Robert A., 1998 How
to write & publish a scientific paper 3rd Ed.,
Cambridge, Melbourne, Cambridge University Press
Available
from multiple locations: Check Monash Library Voyager
Available from Monash University Bookshop
Lester,
James D., Writing research papers: a complete guide
9th Ed., New York, Longman
Available from multiple locations:
Check Monash Library Voyager
Available from Monash University
Bookshop
'How To' Manuals for Thesis Writing
Allen, George R., 1973 The
Graduate Students' Guide to Theses and Dissertation: A Practical
Manual for Writing and Research Jossey-Bass Publishers,
San Francisco
Available from Gippsland General Collection
Anderson, Jonathan and Poole, Millicent, 1998 Thesis
and Assignment Writing 3rd Ed., Brisbane, John Wiley and
Sons
Available from multiple locations: Check Monash
Library Voyager
Atherton, Charles R. and Klemmack,
David L., 1982 Research Methods in Social Work
Lexington, Massachusetts, D.C. Health and Company
Available
from Matheson Library Main Collection
Berry, Ralph,
2000 The research project: how to write it 4th
Ed., London, New York, Routledge
Available from multiple
locations: Check Monash Library Voyager
Available from
Monash University Bookshop
Booth, Wayne, C., Colomb,
Gregory G. Williams, Joseph M. 1995 The Craft of Research
Chicago, The University of Chicago
Available from multiple
locations: Check Monash Library Voyager
Bouma,
Gary 2000 The Research Process 4th Ed., Melbourne,
Oxford University Press
Available from multiple locations:
Check Monash Library Voyager
Becker, Howard S.,
1998 Tricks of the Trade: How to Think About Your Research
While You're Doing It Chicago, University of Chicago
Press
Available from multiple locations: Check Monash
Library Voyager
Becker, Howard S., 1986 Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article Chicago, The University of Chicago Press
Birley, Graham and Moreland, Neil, 1998 A Practical
Guide to Academic Research London, Kogan Page
Available from multiple locations: Check Monash Library Voyager
Brown, Robert 1994 'The 'Big Picture' about Managing Writing in Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt and Yoni Ryan Quality in Postgraduate Education London, Kogan Page Limited
Creswell, John W., 1994 Research Design: Qualitative
and Quantitative Approaches Thousand Oaks, SAGE Publications
Available from multiple locations: Check Monash Library Voyager
Cryer, Pat 1996 The Student's Guide to Success
Buckingham, Open University Press
Available from multiple
locations: Check Monash Library Voyager
Evans,
David 1999 How to Write a Better Thesis or Report
Melbourne, Melbourne University Press
Available from
multiple locations: Check Monash Library Voyager and Monash Postgraduate
Association.
Friedman, Bonnie, 1993 Writing past
dark: envy, fear, distraction, and other dilemmas in the writer's
life 1st Ed., New York, HarperCollins
Available from
Matheson library
Madsen, David 1992 Successful
Dissertations and Theses: A Guide to Graduate Research From Proposal
to Completion 2nd Ed., San Francisco, Jossey-Bass Publishers
Available from multiple locations: Check Monash Library Voyager
Mauch, James E., and Birch, Jack W., 1993 Guide
to the Successful Thesis and Dissertations: A Handbook for Students
and Faculty 3rd Ed., New York, Marcel Dekker, Inc
Available from multiple locations: Check Monash Library Voyager
Maxwell, T.W., 1992 A Thesis and Dissertation Guide: For Students of the Faculty of Education, Nursing and Professional Studies, UNE, Armidale, Faculty of Education, Nursing and Professional Studies, University of New England
Neuman,
William, Lawrence, 2000 Social Science Research Methods:
Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches 4th Ed., Boston,
Allyn and Bacon
Available from multiple locations: Check
Monash Library Voyager
Orna, Elizabeth and Steven,
Graham, 1995 Managing Information for Research
Buckinghham, Open University Press
Available from multiple
locations: Check Monash Library Voyager
Phillips,
Estelle M., and Pugh, Derek S., 2000, How to get a PhD:
a handbook for students and their supervisors 3rd Ed.
Buckingham, Open University Press
Available from multiple
locations: Check Monash Library Voyager and Monash Postgraduate Association.
Rudestam, Kjell Erik, and Newton, Rae R., 1992 Surviving
Your Dissertation: A Comprehensive Guide to Content and Process
London, Sage Publications
Available from multiple locations:
Check Monash Library Voyager
Sternberg, David
1981 How to Complete and Survive a Doctoral Dissertation
New York, St Martin's Press
Available from multiple
locations: Check Monash Library Voyager
Stock,
Molly 1985 A Practical Guide to Graduate Research
New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company
Available from multiple
locations: Check Monash Library Voyager
Teitelbaum,
Harry, 1998 How to write a thesis 4th Ed., New
York, Macmillan USA
Available from multiple locations: Check Monash Library
Voyager
Available from Monash University Bookshop
Turabian, Kate L., 1996 A manual for writers of
term papers, theses, and dissertations 6th Ed., Chicago,
University of Chicago Press
Available from multiple locations:
Check Monash Library Voyager
Available from Monash University
Bookshop
Watson, George 1970 The Literary
Thesis: A Guide to Research London, Longman
Available from Matheson Library Main Collection
Westmeyer, Paul 1981 A Guide For Use In Planning and Conducting Research Projects Springfield, Illinois, Charles C Thomas
Zuber-Skerrit, Ortrun and Knight Nick, 1986 'Problem Definition and Thesis Writing' in Higher Education 15: 89-103
Time Management Manuals
Zerubavel, Eviatar 1999 The clockwork
muse: a practical guide to writing theses, dissertations, and books
Cambridge, Mass, Harvard University Press
Available from
Matheson Library Main Collection
Useful Courses and Where to Find Them
Mpa Guide to Postgraduate Programs
This helpful guide details various events conducted in different parts of the University and is available from the Monash Postgraduate Association (MPA) and is published each semester.To obtain a copy contact the MPA Office, Campus Centre (bldg. 10), Monash University, Clayton Campus
Phone: 9905 3197 Facsimile: 9905 1384
Email: mpa@monash.edu.au
Web address: www.monash.edu.au/student/mpa/
Library
The library runs a range of regular seminars, workshops and drop-in sessions during the academic year. The following website details course which may be of interest: www.lib.monash.edu/classes/matheson.html
Another useful site for postgraduates is: www.lib.monash.edu.au/pg/
Monash Graduate Research School
Expert Seminars
The
popular exPERT workshops are coordinated by the Monash Research Graduate
School. Throughout first and second semester workshops are offered
on a range of key employment and research training issues. They are
usually scheduled late in the afternoon for the convenience of part-time
research candidates and research candidates located at campuses other
than Clayton. For further information, including venue details, please
visit.http://www.mrgs.monash.edu.au/seminars/
To book, ring the administrator of Monash Research Graduate
School on 9905 9976 or e-mail:David.Bell@adm.monash.edu.au
The exPERT Program also incorporates the exPERT Stats Program run by the Statistical Consulting Service, which offers a series of short workshops on statistical subjects of relevance to research graduate students throughout the year. Topics covered include Survey and Questionnaire Design and the Design and Analysis of Experiments. Further information can be obtained by visiting mrgs.monash.edu.au/scholarships/grants/statistical.html
Mrgs News
An e-newsletter designed to keep research postgraduates up-to-date with the latest information on seminars, conferences, scholarships, research opportunities and other events relevant to postgraduates. Subscription to the newsletter is free and open to all postgraduates. For further information or to subscribe visit http://www.mrgs.monash.edu.au/about/news/index.html
Language and Learning (L&L)
Individual sessions are offered to postgraduates on aspects of thesis writing, drafting research reports and proposals, preparation of abstracts etc. Special courses are also run by L&L on aspects of thesis writing. Some undergraduate courses may also be of use to postgraduates. An Online Resource Centre is also available at www.arts.monash.edu.au/aallu/
L&S is located on the first floor, western
extension, Campus Centre,
Building 10, Monash University,
Clayton Campus, Phone: 9905 9181
Building IE Room 209, Monash University, Gippsland
Campus, Phone: 9902 6166
The following are L&L
staff are located in the Faculty of Arts to help improve research
candidates' writing.
Tim Moore, Building 11, Room
S514, Phone 9905 5069
Tim.Moore@arts.monash.edu.au
Matthew Piscioneri, Building 11, Room S515, Phone 9905
2263
Matthew.Piscioneri@calt.monash.edu.au
Jim Hlavac, Building 11, Room S518, Phone 9905 5280
Jim.Hlavac@arts.monash.edu.au
Georgina Heydon, Building 11, Room S504, Phone 9905
5467
Georgina.Heydon@arts.monash.edu.au
Monash Short Course Centre
Monash Short Course Centre provides
fee paying computer training and advertises its courses in the short
course brochure. Student concessions are provided. Contact details:
Monash Short Course Centre, Building 51, Monash University,
Clayton Campus
Phone: 9905 3180
Email: shortcourses@adm.monash.edu.au
and web address:
www.monash.edu.au/campuses/clayton/shortcourses/