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Doing a Literature Review: Releasing the Social Science Research Imagination (Published in association with ...
Christopher Hart

Sage Publications Ltd, 1999

so good my advisor is going to use it

+ Great Resource for the Dissertation

This book is great. It has all you need to complete a research paper at any level. I used it for my bachelor's project which, according to my advisor, is equivalent to a Master's thesis in content requirement. My advisor has asked me to lend him the book so he can use it to revise the current ...
  
  











  



  
Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article: Second Edition (Chicago ...
Howard S. Becker

University Of Chicago Press, 2007

Becker on Writing

+ Excellent
+ Good, but the second edition has few changes
+ To the Point, Easy Language
  
  











  



  
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
American Psychological Association

American Psychological Association (APA), 2001

aid for thesis

+ No brick for this binding, just an orchid.
+ APA spiral bound style book
+ good, clean book
+ APA manual
  
  











  



  
Getting What You Came For: The Smart Student's Guide to Earning an M.A. or a Ph.D.
Robert Peters

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997

Practical Advice for Impractical People

+ Good but needs updating
+ Really Helpful
+ authors humor made my day while grad school was miserable
  
  











  



  
Piled Higher and Deeper: A Graduate Student Comic Strip Collection
Jorge Cham

Piled Higher & Deeper Pub, 2002

Got me though my PhD

+ Helping you survive graduate school
+ PhD Comics First Book Published
+ great gift for grad students
+ so great !
  
  











  



  
McKeachie's Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory for College and University Teachers (College ...
Wilbert McKeachie, Marilla Svinicki

Wadsworth Publishing, 2005

This book gets better with each new edition

+ highly recommended for all phd students
+ Useful at various levels.
+ Crucial Tips for the Enterprising and Advanced Instructor
  
  











  



  
Endnote X1 Student Edition

Windows | ISI RESEARCHSOFT

Wouldn't write a paper without it!

+ Must have
+ EndNote, a must for academic achievement
+ Endnote an excellent softward for scholarly citations
  
  











  



  
Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day: A Guide to Starting, R and Finishing Your Doctoral Thesis
Joan Bolker

Holt Paperbacks, 1998

worth more than gold

+ one for the canon
+ CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS

THis book is worth more than twice its weight in gold. I only bought it on the off-chance because it was listed as a book often bought along with another book I was buying, and in any case the price was so affordable. I am so glad I did. I was suffering from intellectual inertia - didn't know where ...
  
  











  



  
NoDoz Maximum Strength Alertness Aid Coated Caplets - 60 ea

BRISTOL MYERS PRODUCTS.

BRISTOL MYERS PRODUCTS.

INDICATIONS: Maximum Strength NoDoz helps restore mental alertness of wakefulness when experiencing fatigue or drowsiness.
  
  











  



  
Discovering Statistics Using SPSS (Introducing Statistical Methods S.) (2nd Edition)
Andy Field

Sage Publications Ltd, 2005

Bless you, Andy Field!

+ A relief when help was needed!
+ Finally statistics is easy to understand
+ Andy Field is absolutely brilliant!
+ must have text!
  
  











  



  
How to Build Social Science Theories
Pamela J. Shoemaker, James William Tankard, ...

Sage Publications, Inc, 2003

its a good book

The book was required for my communication research methods class. It paints a very general picture about social research. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in social research (especially students).
  
  











  



  
The Academic's Handbook

Duke University Press, 2006

This is excellent!

+ Truly a handbook...

This is a book I wish someone had told me about when still a doctoral student -- it certainly would have helped a great deal over the years. Things obviously would have worked much better and my transition from Graduate School to the professoriate would have been much smoother. Every graduate ...
  
  











  



  
How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing
Paul J. Silvia

American Psychological Association (APA), 2007

Great little book

+ A good challenge for writers
+ good advice
+ Simple guide
+ Pragmatic and simple as the truth
  
  











  



  
Approaches to Social Research
Royce A. Singleton, Bruce C. Straits

Oxford University Press, USA, 2004

Fast shipment, in terrific condition!

+ Good Chapter on Field Research
+ Educational

Product shipped fast and on time. In terrific condition. Very happy with transaction. Thank you!
  
  











  



  
Emergen-C Vitamin C Fizzy Drink Mix, 1000 mg, Super Orange, 0.3 Ounce Packets (Pack of 36)

Emer'gen-C

Emer'gen-C, 2006

Excellent Supplement

+ Good Alternative to Soda
+ Excellent Vitamin C Source
+ Great Product
+ Can't LIVE Without It.
  
  











  



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