These books and resources are helpful tools for jumpstarting your dissertation. The Graduate College and the Writer's Workshop also offers useful resources and information. And you can always ask a librarian for help!
Frames dissertation one destination on the path of your professional career and addresses conceptualizing a topic, developing a pre-proposal, writing a literature review, writing a proposal, collecting and analyzing data, and writing the last chapter.
This book provides a thorough walk-through of the dissertation process in the Social Sciences, from topic generation, proposals, and research design, to carrying out the research, drawing conclusions, and defending the dissertation.
This book is geared towards students who are writing dissertations in Education while also working in the field professionally, or “practitioner-scholars" and includes suggestions for balancing research and work responsibilities.
Focuses on undertaking smaller, qualitative research studies and includes real students’ experiences, case studies, and relevant research areas for this type of project.
Identifies the key places and challenges that create extra stress during the dissertation process and offers effective strategies and tools to address those challenges and ensure academic success.