Those of you doing DISSERTATIONS...

[Lazylou]

I could do with your expert help!

I have just had my proposal back and now want to crack on with the lit review. Have been doing some reading but I'm not sure how to organise it. Anyone got any good tips? Would be really grateful.

TIA

I learned a lesson about reading when I was doing my MPhil. I was anxious to get on with the data collection and impatient with the reading. Then I hurt my back and could do nothing but read papers for weeks.

It was just as well - as that reading hugely impacted my approach to the project and brought up alsorts of stuff I hadn't really considered.

I know this might be glaringly obvious...but in the study skills course that I am doing right now, we have gotten some good advice...one being...just read an Extract and the conclusion of a Article....you will know if it's worth reading in relation to the assignemtn/essay, etc...that you do...

BBBee...when I wrote my first Essay I just opened up several articles in seperate windows and used it like this...but with my current one I think I used your technique of using highlighting whilst reading of the parts I thin are useful, etc...meant I had to print all out in hard copies, though