Make sure my dissertation is FOCUSED and RELEVANT
Previous dissertation titles
- the role of costume within the film "a taste of honey"
- did western society ever need cards, are they a necessity and how have they contributed to the formation of the urban environment?
THE TOP ONE BEING MORE FOCUSED
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES
primary research - gathering your own original data
secondary research - making use of the research and findings of others for corroboration, disagreement, triangulation, theoretical underpinning etc.
Research Methods
Visual practice, experiment interest & enquiry (research and critical diaries)
Questionnaires
Interviews
Case studies
Sites visits
Literature search 1
Books
Journals
Website / blogs / online forums
Videos / DVD's
CD's / Tape cassettes / Vinyl recordings
TV / Radio
Newspapers / Maps / Reports
Printed ephemera (ephemera - flyers for gigs, beer mats, things that wont last)
Literature search 2
Knowing where to look most effectively
Effective use of catalogues (narrowing and broadening search terms, using related terms)
Use of contents page and index
Reading the introduction or abstract
Using a books own bibliography to inform other readings
Book Search
Leeds college of art library
Leeds metropolitan university library
University of leeds (SCONUL)
The british library in boston spa
COPAC
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