Writing your dissertation can be a difficult process, but our dissertation process is here to guide you through it.

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With the aim of making the process a little less daunting, and helping you to stay on track of your project - the digital version of our dissertation planner contains 12 useful A4 resources to help you smash your dissertation.

You as the author are by default the copyright holder of your dissertation and thus have exclusive rights over it.If the work is out of copyright, you can reuse it in whatever way you want without seeking permission. Think about using a document preparation system or a writing and editing tool, such as Overleaf, an online LaTeX editor designed to ease the process of writing and editing large pieces of work. With the aim of making the process a little less daunting, and helping you to stay on track of your project - the planner includes 70 pages of useful resources. EndNote can input records from online bibliographic databases; organize references, images and PDFs; and be used to create bibliographies and figure lists.

The conventions and expectations vary depending on the faculty or school, so consult any dissertation guidance you've been provided, in addition to the iSolutions guide for producing a dissertation in Word. Mind mapping is a great way to organise and visualise your early ideas when developing your dissertation topic. Personalised advertising may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of information under California and other state privacy laws, and you may have a right to opt out. For example, the University of Minnesota Libraries provides detailed information about using copyrightable materials, understanding fair use, and thinking through the four factors of fair use.Etsy’s 100% renewable electricity commitment includes the electricity used by the data centres that host Etsy. Gantt charts are a very visual way to allocate time to your dissertation tasks and there are many free tools to help you build your own. Let missed deadlines and other lapses go, and remember to focus on what you can do today and tomorrow to reach your goals. To produce a Gantt chart, you can use Word, Excel (see example in the attachment) or an online planner.