Dissertations and Major Projects

This guide provides help with library research for dissertations, final year papers, and major projects.  Help is also available on other webpages, and from the Academic Librarians:  

• Finding articles about your topic - each subject area has a subject guide, highlighting the most useful resources for doing research on this subject.  The academic librarians are also happy to help you design your search strategy.
• Keeping track of your reading - we recommend EndNote reference management software.  With EndNote you can store PDFs of the articles you've read, keep track of your notes about these, and create references in your Word document.
• Books about doing dissertations and major projects - a reading list of recommendations from the Academic Librarians.
• Citing and referencing - advise on how to cite and reference your sources, referencing styles, and tools that can assist with this.
• Academic Skills Centre - the Academic Skills Centre staff provide advice on time management, academic writing, structuring your dissertation, etc.
• Academic Librarian team - each subject area has an Academic Librarian.  You can made an appointment with your librarian via https://libcal.dundee.ac.uk/appointments, or email the team at academiclibrarian@dundee.ac.uk