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Acknowledgments | |
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Preface | |
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Foreword | |
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The Single System for Academic Writing | |
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Developing Habits of Fluent Writing | |
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Using Demystifying Dissertation Writing as a Guide for Writing Groups and Seminars | |
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Data on Ph.D. Completion Rates | |
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The Single System and Prewriting | |
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Keeping Perspective on Your Dissertation Project | |
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Choosing a Topic and an Adviser | |
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A Set of Constraints | |
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Choosing a Dissertation Topic and an Adviser | |
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Additional Constraints to Consider | |
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Entering the Conversation: Subject Matter | |
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Examples of Dissertation Topics | |
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Entering the Conversation: Theories and Methods | |
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Managing Your Adviser and Your Dissertation Committee Members | |
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Group Exercises for Choosing a Topic and an Adviser | |
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Interactive Reading and Note Taking | |
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Scholarly Reading Is the Foundation of Your Dissertation | |
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Reading is A Privilege | |
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Collect Notes, Not Articles or Books | |
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Interactive Reading in Practice | |
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Using A Bibliographic Program to Record Interactive Notes | |
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Rules For Recording Quotations | |
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Plagiarism And Copyright Infringement | |
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Group Exercises for Interactive Reading and Note Taking | |
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Citeable Notes | |
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Recording Citeable Notes and Building Your Literature Review | |
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Group Exercises for Creating Citeable Notes and Identifying Categories | |
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Focusing On Focus Statements | |
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Useful Focus Statements Are Clear, Concise, And Compelling | |
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Elements Of a Useful Focus Statement | |
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Providing Useful Feedback | |
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Group Exercises That Focus on Focus Statements | |
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Transforming A Focus Statement into A One-Page Outline | |
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The Role and Elements of The One-Page Outline | |
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Formats For the Dissertation | |
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Group Exercises That Transform Focus Statements into One-Page Outlines | |
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Using The Table of Contents Feature as An Efficiency Tool | |
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Long Outline with References | |
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Multiple Purposes of The Long Outline | |
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Transforming A One-Page Outline Into A Long Outline | |
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Inserting Citeable Notes into Your Long Outline | |
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Planning And Organizing Your Scholarship and Research | |
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Getting A Format Check by Your Graduate College | |
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A Group Exercise for Sharing and Reviewing Long Outlines with References | |
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Developing A Regular Writing Routine | |
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A Regular Writing Routine | |
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The Importance of A Designated Writing Space | |
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Developing A Writing Network | |
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What A Regular Writing Routine Looks Like In Practice | |
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Group Exercises for Establishing A Regular Writing Routine | |
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Overcoming Writer's Block | |
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Perfectionism | |
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Procrastination | |
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Impatience | |
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Depression And Dysphoria | |
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Group Exercises For Overcoming Writer's Block | |
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The Role Of Revision | |
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Revision At the Organizational Level | |
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Revision At the Content Level | |
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Group Exercises For Revision | |
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Epilogue And Enjoying the Journey | |
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Elements of Humanities Research | |
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Elements of Social Science Research | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |