Managing Information for Research Practical help in researching, writing and designing dissertations

by Orna, Elizabeth; Stevens, Graham

• ISBN13: 9780335221424
• ISBN10: 0335221424
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780335193974
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-06-01
• Publisher: Open University Press
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Summary

You can't do research of any kind without doing two things:

Author Biography

Elizabeth Orna has been an information consultant and writer since 1979, after many years as an information manager. She has lectured to student researchers, in the UK and overseas, about organizing information and writing dissertations over the past 25 years.

..Graham Stevens is a practising typographer and information designer. He held senior lecturing posts in higher education institutions in the UK, and retired as Head of Graphic Design at Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication in London to concentrate on writing, research and part-time teaching.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 7
Acknowledgements	p. 12
First things first	p. 14
The territory	p. 17
Dear Reader ...	p. 19
Mapping the research domain	p. 27
Managing two kinds of information	p. 47
Information to support research - and how to manage it	p. 49
Keeping the record straight: documenting the research	p. 87
Keeping on good terms with Time	p. 105
Planning the end product	p. 121
Thinking ahead: questions and decisions	p. 123
A design brief for your dissertation	p. 141
The final transformation	p. 151
Integrating design and writing	p. 153
Design is more than cosmetic: background and observations	p. 171
Design is more than cosmetic: a basic toolkit for dissertation design	p. 181
Design is more than cosmetic: seeing is perceiving	p. 223
Designing your writing	p. 235
Index	p. 267
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