Information Literacy for Master’s and PhD students – Readings

Course subject(s) 1. Orientation 2. Exploration 3. Literature Search 4. Processing 5. Keeping up to date 6. Publish

Below you can find links to important resources mentioned in this course as well as other useful links and suggested literature from the TU Delft Library collection. Some sources have only access at TU Delft campus or through student log-on.

Suggested literature

A list of suggested literature from the TU Delft Library collection, if you want to learn even more! Click on the link to view more information about the book at the TU Delft Library website.

Badke, W. B. (2008). Research strategies: finding your way through the information fog. New York: iUniverse.

Brause, R. S. (2000). Writing your doctoral dissertation: invisible rules for success. London: Falmer.

Craswell, G. (2005). Writing for academic success: a postgraduate guide. London: Sage.

Dunleavy, P. (2003). Authoring a Ph.D: how to plan, draft, write and finish a doctoral thesis or dissertation. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Glasman-Deal, H. (2009). Science research writing: for non-native speakers of English. London: Imperial College.

Hart, C. (1998). Doing a literature review: releasing the social science research imagination. London: Sage.

Mingers, J. & Lipitakis, E. A. E. C. G. (2010). Counting the citations: a comparison of Web of Science and Google Scholar in the field of business and management. Scientometrics, 85(2), 613-625.

Monippally, M. M. & Pawar, B. S. (2010). Academic writing: a guide for management students and researchers. New Delhi: SAGE.

Oosterbaan, W. (2004). Een leesbare scriptie: gids voor het schrijven van scripties, essays en papers. Amsterdam: Prometheus.

Porter, A. L. & Cunningham, S. W. (2005). Tech mining: exploiting new technologies for competitive advantage. New York: Wiley.