Essential Reading:

S. Rumsey, 2004, How to find Information, Open University Press.

John W. Creswell, 2002, Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods Approaches, SAGE Publications.

Also read

Lynne Truss, 2005, Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The zero tolerance approach to punctuation,  Profile Books Ltd, UK

Supplemental Reading:

Estelle Philips, Derek Pugh, 1994, How to Get a PhD, Open University Press.

Derek Rowntree, 1989, How to Manage your Boss, Penguin.

R. Newton & K. Rudestam, 2001, Surviving your dissertation: a comprehensive guide to content and process, 2^nd Edition, SAGE publications

A. Cooke, 2001, A guide to finding quality information on the Internet, 2^nd Edition, Library Association Publishing 

Web references, journals and other:

• Library Research Services, Research Methods Portal, http://www.lrs.org/resources.asp.

• Register for access to your own DIT Athens account so that you can access online DIT research resources.