The first parts of a thesis or dissertation are particularly important if for no other reason than because they are the parts of a student’s research through which prospective readers are most likely to become interested in and assess that work as useful or not for their own research or other interests. Yet there can be no doubt that there are other reasons as well. These articles outline a number of them as they discuss how to create the perfect title, write an effective abstract and construct a professional table of contents for your thesis or dissertation.
The focus in this resource is on the title of a thesis or dissertation as the first and most prominent means through which potential readers who are searching for research like your own will find your document. The title should inspire immediate interest by encapsulating the essence of the research and its significance, and it should not only draw readers into your text, but also remain memorable and easy to find when those readers wish to cite your work.
The abstract of a thesis or dissertation is also a powerful magnet when it comes to search engines, but only if it is very carefully written and polished. This post explains the many bits of information that academic and scientific abstracts commonly contain and the role of the abstract as a sample as well as a summary of the research and writing that follows. Whether structured or unstructured, an excellent abstract should be well written and packed with information.
A well-organised table of contents will also help prospective readers consider your research and it will continue to be useful as a navigational aid for those who keep reading. This is especially the case if you equip the digital version of your thesis or dissertation with an active table of contents that allows readers to navigate to any part of the document by clicking on its heading in the table of contents. This post provides detailed instructions for constructing an active table of contents in Microsoft Word.
If you plan to construct a table of contents of this kind, do be aware that you will also need to make use of Word’s Heading Styles to format all the headings and subheadings in your thesis or dissertation that should appear in the table of contents. This resource provides step-by-step instructions on setting up heading levels in your thesis or dissertation as well as formatting and modifying them as your work progresses.
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