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The books behind the method. What each one teaches about doing research and writing it up, where it shows up on this site, and what has dated.

  1. About the book
  2. Why it matters here
  3. Key ideas
  4. Where it shows up here
  5. What's dated
  6. Related
  7. Sources & further reading

Research

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  1. 01 How to Write a ThesisUmberto Eco's 1977 guide for students writing their first long piece of research. Written for typewriters and index cards, and still one of the best books on how research actually gets done.

Writing

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  1. 01 On WritingStephen King's 2000 memoir and writing manual. It's about fiction, but its advice on drafting, cutting and writing for one real reader carries straight over to writing up research.

Coming next

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  • Politics and the English LanguagePlanned
  • The Craft of ResearchPlanned
  • Seeking MeaningPlanned