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Having chosen your research topic and narrowed it down to a manageable and workable size (with the help of your tutor and your group), you will need to search the Libraries and the Internet for books, journals and websites that might give you enough material to pursue the topic.
The first purpose of the Literature Search is to ensure that your topic is something that can actually be investigated. For example, if you had set your heart on studying the criminal tendencies of 19th century beekeepers in East Anglia, you might be disappointed to find that either there are no sources available on this topic, or that they are located in a tiny archive in Norwich that is only open four days a year.
The second purpose of the Literature Search is to find out what important questions and issues are being raised by other researchers in this field, and what methods they use to investigate this subject.
The Literature Search, the piece of work that you hand in, should, therefore, include a minimum of5 different sources, including:
• 3 books that address your topic, including one that has been published within the last few years.
• 1 contemporary journal (If possible) that prints articles that are relevant to your topic.
• A website that contains regularly up-dated items relevant to your topic.
Harvard system of referencing
Working title of project: ‘A Comparison of the Representation of Black Culture in Art and in the Media'
The Project Proposal
The Project Proposal must include the following information:
• Your name, your group and the name of your Group tutor; your contact details.
• A list of the courses and institutions you are applying for.
• A working title for the Project.
• The objectives of your Project: what you hope to achieve.
• The hypothesis or main question under investigation.
• The questions you hope to address in your project in order to test your hypothesis or answer your main question.
• An outline of proposed contents (section headings + brief descriptions).
• A description of the proposed approach and methods of investigation (with comments about ethical considerations).
• A rough time plan for each stage of the research.
Research is a process of thinking, reading, writing, thinking again, reading some more, writing some more, re-reading, re-writing, editing, reading and thinking a bit more and revising again; and possibly again. Your first draft, then, is your ‘raw material', your piece of clay that vaguely resembles a recognisable form. Between early March and early June, you are likely to be chiselling and chipping, adding new slabs of clay, throwing the whole lot on the ground, rescuing it, starting again, finding a better clay and eventually shaping your material into a coherent, well-argued piece of work.
The first Draft is your chance to present your first few sections or chapters together with outlines of the others, so that you and your tutor can begin to get a sense of what the whole project might look like:
• The First Draft should be approximately 1,000 words long.
• It should include at least one complete section.
• It should include brief outlines of the remaining sections.
• It should provide a substantial list of references, using the Harvard system.
Attachment:- Proposal.rar