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| Graduate Writing: Texts at the UWC | |
| The UWC Graduate Library has a number of useful texts that address the many aspects of graduate writing. Select from the categories below to view summaries of some of the books we have available for reference. | |
| Writing in the Content Fields | CVs and Resumes |
Thesis and Dissertation Guides |
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| The Clockwork Muse: A Practical Guide to Writing Theses, Dissertations, and Books by Eviatar Zerubavel. Cambridge: Harvard U P, 1999. | |
| How to Complete and Survive a Doctoral Dissertation by David Sternberg. New York: St. Martin's, 1981. | |
| How to Write a Thesis by Harry Teitelbaum. New York: MacMillan, 1998. | |
| Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day by Joan Bolker. New York: Holt, 1998. | |
| Writing the Winning Dissertation by Allan A Glatthorn. Thousand Oaks: Corwin, 1998. | |
Writing in the Content Fields |
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| Enjoy Writing Your Science Thesis or Dissertation! by Daniel Holtom and Elizabeth Fisher. London: Imperial College P, 1999. | |
| Writing in the Disciplines, 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt, 1995. | |
General Graduate Writing |
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| Academic Writing for Graduate Students: A Course for Non-Native Speakers of English by John W. Swales and Christine B. Feak. Ann Arbor: U of Michigan P, 1994. | |
| The African American's Guide to Surviving Graduate School by Alicia Isaac. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 1998. | |
| Getting What You Came For: The Smart Student's Guide to Earning a Master's or a Ph.D. by Robert L. Peters. New York: Noonday, 1997. | |
CVs and Resumes |
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| The Resume Handbook by Arthur D. Rosenberg and David Hizer. Holbrook, MA: Adams, 1996. | |