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Revising your dissertation : advice from leading editors / edited by Beth Luey ; with a new forward by Sandford G. Thatcher.
Annenberg Library - Reference LB2369 .R49 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dissertations, Academic.
- Academic writing.
- Scholarly publishing.
- Physical Description:
- 263 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- Updated edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- A hands-on how-to guide for everyone interested in revising their dissertation for publication. Chapters addressing specific fields (humanities, science, business, art, etc.) are written by some of the leading editors from university presses around the country. A must for new academics facing the burden of "publish or perish."
- Contents:
- You're the author now / William P. Sisler
- What is your book about? / Beth Luey
- Turning your dissertation rightside out / Scott Norton
- Bringing your own voice to the table / Scott Norton
- Time to trim : notes, bibliographies, tables, and graphs / Jenya Weinreb
- Caught in the middle : the humanities / Jennifer Crewe
- Putting passion into social science / Peter J. Dougherty and Charles T. Myers
- From particles to articles : the inside scoop on scientific publishing / Trevor Lipscombe
- Illustrated ideas : publishing in the arts / Judy Metro
- A sense of place : regional books / Ann Regan
- Making a difference : professional publishing / Johanna E. Vondeling.
- Notes:
- Previous ed.: 2004.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780520254015
- 0520254015
- OCLC:
- 148296822
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