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Dunleavy, Patrick.
Authoring a PhD : how to plan, draft, write, and finish a doctoral thesis or dissertation / Patrick Dunleavy.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1–4039–1191–6 – ISBN 1–4039–0584–3 (pbk.)
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