Postgraduate Research

Links

Eddie's Anti-Procrastination Site

http://www.geocities.com/writethethesis/

Avoid getting distracted and keep starting. Also offers procrastination links and books.

How to Give a Good Research Talk

http://research.microsoft.com/Users/simonpj/papers/giving-a-talk/giving-a-talk.htm

What to focus on and why, slide tips, using examples, pruning, and getting feedback.

How to Organize Your Thesis

http://www.sce.carleton.ca/faculty/chinneck/thesis.html

Aims of a thesis and how to present them. What should be in each chapter and why.

Old Dominion University Library Research Tutorials

http://www.lib.odu.edu/libassist/tutorials/index.htm

Guides and tutorials to finding library materials for college papers and projects.

So long, and thanks for the Ph.D.

http://www.cs.unc.edu/~azuma/hitch4.html

Useful advice on the politics of research, skills you should work on and motives of the people involved. Long but worth the read.

Talking to others at conferences

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~danhorn/conference.txt

Tips about how to get past the 'feeling awkward' stage at conferences.

Thesis, what examiners look for

http://aerg.canberra.edu.au/pub/aerg/eduthes4.htm

18 questions covering introduction, review, objectives, experiments and contribution.

Writing and Presenting Your Thesis

http://www.learnerassociates.net/dissthes/

Advice for every stage of the process. List of general advice, suggestions and invaluable tips.

Writing Up Your PhD

http://sel.ics.es.osaka-u.ac.jp/~eddy/ResearchAdvice/writeup.html

The human mind works on full power until you sit down to write. Good advice on how to get past this problem.