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Key Starters for Essays, Projects and Dissertations

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Over 250 unlimited access in-depth guides to current and classic research across a range of subject areas. If you can't access something via this site, put the book title into our general Portsmouth catalogue as we have some titles via Ebook Central instead.

Access the full text of books about quantitative and qualitative research methods and many more social science research topics. Use the Research Tools drop-down to access a handy Project Planner which is full of FAQs about what you need to consider at each stage in a project/dissertation.

Access over 750 entries about key practical and theoretical aspects of TESOL. Each entry is organized into three sections: "Framing the Issue", "Making the Case", and "Pedagogical Implications".

 

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