Graduate School Other Helpful Advice

There are a lot of resources out there. Make sure to know what information would be helpful during your writing process. Good luck!

Thesis, Capstone & Dissertation Resources website
Learn as much as you can about your word processing program early in the process.
Weigh pros and cons of hiring a typist – be VERY specific on what you want to pay them to edit. Plan to work hand-in-hand with the typist through the process.
Dissertation Format Manual – Use it from proposal through dissertation to make the transition from one to the other cleaner and less headaches for you.
Style Manual adopted by your program – The Graduate School not only checks to be sure you're following the Graduate School guidelines, but your program's style requirements. If your program has an approved Journal Format, make sure you're following the agreed upon arrangement.

Masters Thesis

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Doctoral Dissertation

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Save document often, email it to yourself every time you make changes, keep in multiple places at every stage of the writing process
Do NOT bounce back and forth between computers (especially between a Mac and a PC) at the final editing stage. It will mess with your settings.