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Dissertation Research--Planning, Researching, Publishing

This guide was created to help GWU doctoral students in researching and writing their dissertation

Video: Literature Reviews: an Overview for Graduate Students

  • What is a literature review?
  • What purpose does it serve in research?
  • What should you expect when writing one?

Watch this short video to find answers to these questions!

(Source:  NCSU Libraries)

Helpful Books at GW Library

Comic to Help You Keep Your Sense of Humor...

Piled Higher and Deeper by Jorge Cham   www.phdcomics.com
Comic strip first frame shows children saying "got it" when collecting all sorts of baseball cards. Second frame show now the person is grown up and says "Got it" when collecting citation references
title: "Collecting" - originally published 1/28/2011
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