Historical Documents while Writing a Dissertation

17 07 2008

I am sure you understand that writing a dissertation without profound research of the topic is impossible. You will have to study piles of the books, articles, documents before the actual process of writing a dissertation starts.  Making your research is not easy. Probably, it can be called the most exhausting part of writing the dissertation. However, you will have to take up this challenge.

Studying all the necessary materials requires a lot of your skills. Particularly, your analytical skills will be the most helpful. Analyzing the documents or books that were written some time ago or even several centuries ago is especially tricky. There are a lot of factors that you need to take into account. Otherwise, you will not be able to give a deep and unbiased analysis.

These are some of the factors that you should consider while analyzing:

•    What is the exact form of the document (book, article, diary, memorandum, memoirs, treaties or conventions)?
•    The historical period and the place where the document was written.
•    The author of the document, his/her views, his/her vision of the particular problem. You should also think about the possible biases that the author could have. For instance, an aristocrat is writing about the problems of people living in the countryside.
•    Were there any outside circumstances that could have an impact on the work of this author (e.g. fear of imprisonment, censorship, blame and so on).
•    Think about the possible audience that the work was written for. Try to imagine the reaction of that audience to this work.

So, you have to view the works of other authors from al the possible perspectives to get a complete image and idea of what is written.



Dissertation on Flora and Fauna

30 06 2008

Before writing a dissertation on flora and fauna, you have to think over a thesis statement that you will be supporting in the Body of your dissertation. What your research abilities can be directed to when writing a dissertation on flora and fauna? Why not to consider the problem of environmental pollution? In this case your dissertation will discuss the following issues:

•    The general overview of flora and fauna of the present day world. This piece of text can be included into introductory part of your dissertation on flora and fauna. It means that you have to state the problem of flora and fauna clearly in this part of your dissertation;
•    The destiny of plants and animals. When writing a dissertation on flora and fauna, you cannot but discuss what destiny is awaiting plants and animals. The information you will provide when taking about plants and animals will be your supporting ideas. Since supporting ideas need evidences and examples, the best evidences will be statistical data in this case. So, find information on endangered species of animals and plants and present it in your dissertation;
•    The causer of the problem. Here you will talk about the factories, plants and other enterprises polluting the environment big time. Here you may also consider the mechanism of their work and pollution;
•    The problem solving. A good dissertation on flora and fauna can aim to suggest the possible solving to the problem set.

So, present the experts points of view and say what you think about the problem solving.
Remember, writing a dissertation is a prolonged process. So, do not put it off.



Another Significant Aspect of Writing a Dissertation

28 06 2008

The process of writing a dissertation is very complicated and all the stages of this process are significant. You have to understand all those steps of writing a dissertation and you should know how they can be implemented.

Definitely you will have to read loads of articles devoted to the different steps of writing a dissertation. This article is one of them and we are going to talk about the realistic aspects of writing a dissertation.

Do not be surprised at the words “realistic aspects”. This is the problem of many young scholars. They are very ambitious, they want to get their degree and perhaps become famous due to their outstanding work. I do not want to say that such plans are bad and should be condemned.

On the contrary, your ambitions will help you to achieve your goals. However, your goals should be realistic. Yes, setting the unreal goals is a big problem. It means you tend to overestimate your abilities, the time you have for research and many other aspect of writing a dissertation.

As a result, you get even more problems.

•    First, you become very nervous. You see that some of your goals cannot be achieved or are achieved with some other results. This will irritate you much.
•    Second, your work in general will suffer considerably. Because of the general stress you will not be able to concentrate even on the simple tasks. All this may lead to the fail of your project.

Thus, be realistic and set the feasible goals.



Writing a Dissertation on Tibet

3 06 2008

I guess everybody is aware of the recent events in Tibet. Today the most concerned topic is the relations between China and Tibet, and the question which one of the two parties to the conflict is right. Perhaps this will urge somebody to start writing a dissertation on Tibet.

Maybe somebody will start writing a dissertation on Tibet just because it is one of the most beautiful and mysterious places on Earth. Anyway, if you think of writing a dissertation on Tibet, we can provide you with several interesting facts.

Do you know that Tibet is the country with the most unbelievable taxes? At the beginning of the 20-th century 1892 different kinds of taxes were levied in Tibet. If you want, I can tell you about some of them.

In 1926 the leader of Tibet Dalai Lama imposed a tax on ears. At this time the country were developing its armed forces and it urgently required money for that. Definitely people were not cutting their ears for tax evasion, and everybody was paying honestly their taxes.

If you were a traveler who was coming from the faraway, it would be better for you not to take a rest somewhere on the grass in Tibet. You had to pay taxes for lying on the grass to the master of this piece of land.

Other kinds of taxes in Tibet were: taxes on weddings, child birth, singing, dancing, ringing the bell and banging the drum.

All this is really hard to believe in, though such rules really existed in Tibet. Probably in your work you will give some other amazing facts about Tibet.



What If You Write a Dissertation on a Topic You Dislike?

3 06 2008

The articles you have already read in this web-blog provide some pieces of advice on dissertation writing. This time I would like you to resort to your fantasy and imagine that you are writing a dissertation on the topic you dislike. Of course, in your student life you had a lot of experience of writing a paper on the topic that is not interesting for you. But…what would happen if writing a dissertation was on the topic that you hate?

1.You would put off writing your dissertation till the deadline comes. Since dissertation writing is a very prolonged process, it needs a lot of information to be analyzed. If you are interested in the topic you are covering, you will be motivated. Vice versa, if you dislike the topic of your dissertation, the work would not be progressing, that is so important for the young researcher;

2.You might find a cheap dissertation online on the topic of your dissertation and just rephrase some sentences in it. Thus, your own dissertation might be full of plagiarism. Of course, you might check it on plagiarism, but you would not do it, as you would not care about your dissertation at all. The reason is that you just dislike the topic of your dissertation;

3.You might not get your degree because of plagiarism in your paper. Just imagine that a dissertation committee announces a kind of verdict: “plagiarized dissertation. No degree is given!” Rather disturbing, isn’t it?

All this might happen if you write a dissertation on the topic that you dislike. A conclusion: choose the topic that may be interesting for you to research.



Taking Notes when Writing a Dissertation

3 06 2008

There are a lot of important things that you have to do when writing a dissertation. Or if to be more precise, there is a lot you have to do while preparing to write a dissertation.

As you know, writing a dissertation starts with your collecting of the materials and data. I guess you realize the amounts of various books and articles that you will have to read and analyze before writing a dissertation will be possible.

Do you know how to keep all the information in your head? Definitely it is impossible to remember all the read materials. Thus, it is essential to know the correct ways of taking notes. And this is what we are going to talk about further.

So, this is what we suggest you to do.

First, you can make a card system. It means that for every used book or article you will make a separate card. This card will contain information on the title of a book/article, the author’s name, date of the publication, publisher and so on. This information is necessary for organizing your references.

Second, you can make special bookmarks. If you use this method, you will need sheets of paper, which are going to be the bookmarks. Once you read something important in the book, you will make a bookmark in this place. It should contain a short description of the most significant aspects that you paid attention to.

Finally, you can make a folder with files in your computer, and use this information when writing your work.

Notes will play an important role for your dissertation, and they should be organized properly.



Are you Suffering from Writing a Dissertation?

3 06 2008

When you make a decision of writing a dissertation, you do not fully realize what is going to happen to you. You know that writing a dissertation is going to be challenging and thorny. However, you cannot think of all the troubles that are waiting for you while writing a dissertation.

Actually, a lot of students really suffer from this kind of work. If they cannot cope with all the difficulties, they amass, which my lead to a real nervous breakdown. So, if you are on the verge of the nervous breakdown, we will try to help you.

First of all, you need to think what exact part of your work troubles you most. Perhaps you lack of the necessary materials, and this is the reason why you cannot continue writing. Or maybe there are some personal problems that distract you from the work. So, it is essential to identify the reason of your stress.

After that you have to think of the possible solutions of the problem. Think what you can do or who can help you. It may well be so that you will need a specialist, for instance a psychologist, who will help you to sort out your problems. Sometimes just a conversation with a competent person can be enough to find the solutions.

Finally, you need to take some rest. Try to forget about your dissertation and do something that is really pleasant for you. Maybe you simply need to recover your strength to continue the writing.

The main thing you have to remember is do not panic or give up. I am sure you will manage to overcome all the difficulties and finish your work successfully.



Extreme Places for Writing Dissertations

15 05 2008

You know that writing dissertation is a difficult task for any student. You should work a lot in order to present a worth piece of work, you should investigate and be ready to prove your research in a written form.

It goes without saying that due to such difficult nature of dissertation writing, students are not always eager to do this task. Still, it is an obligatory thing for those, who want to get a degree.

Writing a dissertation takes a lot of time (according to the rules you get a year for its preparation). I think that your dissertation writing will be more interesting, if you try to make it in a catching way. So, I want to share some ideas with you in this article.

I want to talk about the places, where you may write your dissertation. Of course, you may think that libraries, home and your institution are the best variants for you. Well… It is high time to make your imagination fly far away.

Use the roof for this. I mean weather you ever thought that your brain could work harder, when you are somewhere high and along. Your ideas go far away and come back in order to help you improve your dissertation writing. You see that there are no boundaries and you can do a lot.

Find your house on the tree. It is the place, where you spent a lot of time in your childhood. You felt safe there, and now you can either do it. Of course, you should spend all time there, still it is possible to be in this place for several minutes in order to remember how you were happy here and find more powers to overcome your depression, which was caused by writing a dissertation.

You should understand that to write a dissertation on the roof or in the tree house are not the only variants for you. Try to think about possible places, and I think I can help you to be ready for this last task in your student life!



Who likes Writing Dissertation?

12 05 2008

How do you think, are there people who like writing dissertation? Of course, I cannot say for sure. But all people whom I know hate it. And I also hate it, of course. I think it is more than normal for the student to feel hatred to dissertation writing.

So, you are not alone if you hate writing dissertation. But it can be changed. How? It is very simple. You should write your dissertation as fast as it is possible, and you will be able to forget about dissertation writing for ages (of course, if you do not decide to get the second profession).

What is more, you ca leave your dissertation writing to the professional writers. It will help you to forget about your hatred to the dissertation writing even earlier than you will start hating this process.

It is very easy to do. Go to the dissertation writing service and ask them to prepare a dissertation for you. I order to be more certain that they will compose a good dissertation for you, give them detailed instruction. You can ask your supervisor for them, as if you were the one who needed them.

Writing a dissertation may stop being a problem for you. If you really wish to be delivered from the problem of dissertation writing, you just need to turn to a dissertation custom service. In a moment you will be able to forget about the dissertation writing till the very defense. If you are attracted by this idea, just follow our recommendations.



Writing Dissertation on Extinct States

29 04 2008

If you think of writing a dissertation, you should, first of all, think of the captivating topic that is really worth to be investigated. Let us consider that you are writing a dissertation in History, since we have a really interesting proposition.

In the world history there were a lot of cities, empires and states that once were powerful and prosperous. However, on some reasons they became extinct, and the evidence of their existence can be found in the rare historical documents and some remains of their past glory.

I think this is a great topic for writing a dissertation. We suggest you to write your work on the legendary city of Troy. And, of course, we have some information on Troy for you.

The main source of the details about Troy is Homer’s Iliad. Although it is the epic materials, they can tell a lot about Trojan history and culture.

Greek mythology says that Troy was a pert of the Greek culture. It is described as rich city that mostly obtained its wealth from port trade with eastern and western states.

Trojan War is one of the most significant parts of the Greek mythology and is narrated in various Greek literature works.

Troy has always been considered as the result of myths and legends, rather than a real city. However, with the development of the modern science, a lot of scholars started to search for the real evidences of Troy. At the end of 19-th century, numerous excavation campaigns were held and some scientific works were published. Finally, in the 1870-s a German scientists excavated the area of the possible location of Troy (in Turkey) and found several cities that were built next to each other. One of the cities was indentified as Troy.

Revealing the secrets of history is always fascinating, especially if you are seeking for truth about such a legendary city as Troy.