If you're a researcher, you may well need to access other people's doctoral theses. If the person did their PhD in the UK, you might be able to download it FOR FREE, using the British Library ETHOS service.
It works like this:-
- Look for the thesis in Copac to check details and whereabouts.
- Register as an Ethos user.
- Look for the thesis on the Ethos website.
- Choose the free download option, if it's there.
- Download it, save to your computer, enjoy!
If you're a registered researcher or member of staff at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and you happen to find a thesis that is not free to download, please contact the Whittaker Library. We may be able to purchase a print copy via Ethos, which we'll add to library stock.
We're the very helpful Whittaker Library at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, here to support the learning and teaching of our creative community.
Nearly finished a PhD? Pat Thomson, Education Professor blogging as 'Patter', provides a handy checklist for anyone about to submit their doctoral dissertation. Read it HERE.
In between finishing off assignments and revising for exams, music finalists may wonder what they'll do after graduation.
There's a database listing what music postgraduates are currently researching, which might inspire or guide you: the RMA Register of Research Students' Dissertation Topics(UK and Ireland):-
http://www.rma.ac.uk/register/register.asp
There are various other places you can look, to find out what has been, or is being researched. Many are freely available, for example you can find completed doctoral theses that are in university libraries by checking www.copac.ac.uk.
Try also:-
You can read Tara's paper on her Academia.com page.
If you haven't yet visited Academia.com, then this also gives you the opportunity to explore a valuable networking site for scholars and researchers.
A new Kindle book by esteemed research-support lecturer Inger Mewson, one of the biggest up-and-coming names in researcher development. She blogs as The Thesis Whisperer - a blog that should be on every PhD candidate's recommended reading list.
We don't stock Kindle books in the Whittaker Library, but this book is such a bargain that I'm more than happy to recommend you buy your own.
So - take a look:-
You really will be glad you got it!
A blogpost by Nottingham Education Professor Pat Thomson. ('Patter', to her blog-following friends.)
Another useful blogpost from Pat Thomson, Education Professor at Nottingham:-
Useful strategies for generating articles from your thesis.
Continuing yesterday's writing theme - I've just contributed a blogpost to the 'PhD to Published' website. If you've written a thesis, you're likely to be wondering what to do with it next?
Publishing your Thesis as a Book: a Question of Planning. Part One
I've also done a blogpost of my own about writing readably. If you're interested, you'll find it here.
(My Twitter presence: @Karenmca )
Here's a blog that will be relevant to anyone just finishing / recently having finished a PhD:-
PhD to Published
