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Dissertation- MA Information Services Management and MSc Digital Information Management
By the end of the dissertation you will be able to:
  • Design and implement a dissertation exploring a theme which is independently chosen, and of relevance to Information Management.
  • Identify, evaluate and fully reference relevant literature to contextualise and sustain this investigation.
  • Select research strategies appropriate to assess and measure the issues investigated.
  • Communicate the research in an academic style, and present the written work which reflects appropriate scholarly standards.
Dissertation programme:
Week 2: Identifying your dissertation topic
2001- 2008 Dissertation topics by previous cohorts
Dissertation plan good and poor examples
Good example and Poor example
Other Dissertation Plan examples
Example 1; Example 2; Example 3
Week 3: Preliminary review of the literature - choosing appropriate sources of information
Lisa guidelines (864 Kb)
Zetoc British Library's Electronic Table of Contents
Online Information Literacy Tutorial(QUT)
Information Literacy Resource Bank (Cardiff University & HEA-ICS)
Week 5: Structuring and evaluating the literature review
First draft and third draft with tutor's comments
Article discussing the academic writing style
Orwell, G. (1946) Politics and the English Language.
Other examples of literature review chapters
Literature review example 2: first draft
Literature review example 3: final draft
Literature review example 4: penultimate draft
Week 6: Examining the methodology chapter and evaluating a data analysis chapter with the original dissertation plan.
Examples of a methodology chapter
  Example 1 (draft 1)
  Example 2 (desk-based research - draft 3)
  Example 3 (final draft 3)
Dissertation plan and data analysis chapter
Ezample of data analysis and presentation draft 1 and draft 3
Week 7: Evaluating the introduction and conclusion of the dissertation
Introduction and conclusion from the same student
Introduction chapters from different students
  Introduction example 1 (third draft)
  Introduction example 2 (penultimate draft)
  Introduction example 3
Example of a Concluding chapter
Week 13: Email the plan to Susie Andretta either at Londonmet or the ilit.org
Week 14: Allocation of supervisors (the list will be available from this page - date tbc)
Documents and sources
Module Booklet (Word file)
This file contains assessment details for the dissertation, including guidelines on the design of the final work.
Term dates 2008/9
For support on academic writing, please contact staff at the Writing Centre.
Submission date for the Dissertation
Autumn Semester: January 16 2009
Spring Semester: May 15 2009
Summer:September 4 2009
Dissertation plan template (Word file)
List of Supervisors
Documents for supervision and assessment
Logbook template
Marking form template
Assessment criteria
Referencing
Basic Referencing guide (Word file)
For a more comprehensive referencing guide use: Pears, R. and Shields, G., (2004) "Cite them right: Referencing made easy", Northumbria University Press, Newcastle upom Tyne.
Regulations and guidelines
Extenuating circumstances procedures and form
Publishing your dissertation
The Post-graduate centre has also published guidelines on:
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