Reference sources
British Theses Index: www.theses.com
Google scholar: scholar.google.co.uk
Guardian Higher Education: education.guardian.co.uk/higher
Jobs in Higher Education: www.jobs.ac.uk
National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship: ncge.com
Open access journals: www.openj-gate.org
Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA): www.qaa.ac.uk
Research Councils UK: www.rcuk.ac.uk
Research Info and Opportunities: www.hero.ac.uk
Science Direct: www.sciencedirect.com
The Times Higher Education Supplement: www.thes.co.uk
Vitae (UK GRAD re-born): www.vitae.ac.uk
Web of Knowledge: wok.mimas.ac.uk
Self-study resources
OU intro to PhD studies openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=2661
Social Research Methods and data analysis www.socialresearchmethods.net
UCLA Statistical Computing www.ats.ucla.edu/stat
Simon Peyton Jones' How to write a great research paper and other good links http://research.microsoft.com/Users/simonpj/papers/giving-a-talk/giving-a-talk.htm
Funding Opportunities
For student-led training activities in Arts and Humanities (2008 round)http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/university_staff/postgrad/collaborative_research_training_Scheme.asp
Light relief
Entertaining site with international forum www.phdcomics.com
Thesis binding and proofreading
Napier University does not endorse any particular commercial sites, but the following as been recommended by other research students.
Thesis binding: www.mythesis.co.uk
The University does not recommend any particular proofreading service, but the following links are offered as a starting point for students who feel they would benefit from professional proofreading. Please note: proofreading is not the same as re-writing. The thesis you submit must be your own work and must be written by you.
www.copyediting.co.uk/prolinks.htm
www.sfep.org.uk/loc/glasgow/glasdir.asp