Defense of the Thesis or Dissertation
The research project is not finished until the student has submitted to an examination on it, made whatever…
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4. Formatting & Publishing
Summary of Basic Steps in Journal Article and Book Publishing
JOURNAL ARTICLESChoose an appropriate journal.
Follow manuscript guidelines carefully.
Submit as…
How to Use Styles in Microsoft Word to Save a Lot of Work
I’m going to show you how to use styles in Word 2007, but if you have an older version you’ll be fine. This stuff…
How to Create a Perfect Table of Contents in Microsoft Word
Table of contents are either indented or non-indented. If you know how to create indented tables, then the…
Creating a Table of Contents
Word can automatically generate a Table of Contents (TOC) from your styles, primarily the Heading styles you have…
Nasty PhD Viva Questions (Extract)
A PhD candidate needs to anticipate the questions that are likely to be asked in the viva - the "horrible ordeal…
How to Insert Landscape Pages
Adding a landscape page in the middle of a documentIn order to change any formatting in Word, such as the…
The Postdoc Experience: Hopes and Fears
Six early career researchers reflect on their experiences
A PhD is not the ticket to an academic career that it…
Creating a Professional Vita
This page was created by Professor Frank Pajares
Introduction
So you want to create a professional vita. Since…
How to Prepare a Manuscript for International Journal
In 2005, Elsevier asked me to give a course on scientific writing. The course was very successful, and since then,…