Bell, Bryman, and Harley: Research Project Guide

Table of Contents

1. Preparing yourself to do research
2. What do I want to research exactly?
3. The research process
4. Writing up your research report
   1. Preliminary planning
   2. The structure of a dissertation
   3. Title page, acknowledgements and contents page
   4. Abstracts
   5. Introduction
   6. The literature review
   7. Research methods
   8. Results
   9. Discussion & Conclusions
   10. References, appendices and obligations
   11. Writing up research checklist

The structure of a dissertation

Possible structure of a dissertation (page 143-147)

1. Title page
2. Acknowledgements
3. List of contents
4. An abstract
5. Introduction
6. Literature review
7. Research methods
8. Results
9. Discussion
10. Conclusion
11. Appendices
12. References/bibliography

Also see:

Checklist of: issues to consider for writing up a piece of research

To see video clips of students talking about how they structured their project, click here