There is much that is of use to stressed PhD students on the web, and I highlight some of the resources I have found useful here:

General Links

• The National Postgraduate Committee
• University of Wales, Swansea. A list compiled by Dr. G. Balabanis for EBMS research students
• PhinisheD A discussion and support group for people who cannot seem to finish their dissertations or thesis.
• What skills do you gain from a PhD? (THES, May 1997)
• SOSIG: Social Science Information Gateway
• Dr Ian Kennedy: How to do research (South Africa)
• Graduate Student Resources on the Web: Dan Horn (University of Michigan, USA)
• Graduate School Survival Guide University of Stanford, USA
• Postgraduate Research (Brunel University)

Viva Preparation

Nasty PhD Viva Questions (Andrew Broad, Computer Science) How to Survive a Thesis Defence (Joe Wolfe, Physics)7 Thesis Defence (University of Sheffield, Computer Science) Murray, R., How to Survive Your Viva: Defending a Thesis in an Oral Examination, (Open University) 2003 Tinkler, P. and Jackson, C., The Doctoral Examination Process, (Open University) 2004

Useful Texts

• Bolker, Joan Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day, 1998
• Cryer, P. & Harris, M. The Research Student's Guide to Success, 2000 (2nd Edn)
• Davis, G. & Parker, C. Writing the Doctoral Dissertation : A Systematic Approach, 1997 (2nd Edn)
• Delamont, S., Atkinson, P. & Odette, P. Supervising the PhD, 1997
• Dunleavey, P. Authoring a PhD: How to Plan, Draft, Write and Finish a Doctoral Thesis or Dissertation 2003
• Phillips, E.M. & Pugh, D.S. How to Get a PhD, 2000 (3rd Edn)