Jonathan Grix 
Demystifying Postgraduate Research [PDF ebook] 

The first complete introduction to the new model of social science and humanities postgraduate research. Based on the leading current course of postgraduate research training, a programme that will become the norm for postgraduate research over the next two or three years. Designed as a set text for ”3 plus 1” and similar programmes.
* The key tools and terminology of research
* What to do before beginning the project
* Funding
* All about the student-supervisor relationship
* The viva examination
* The process of writing a thesis
* Ethics and plagiarism in research, especially the use of the internet
* How to get published