Pitfalls of online dissertations
admin May 12th, 2008
If I were you, I would read this article with attention. What is more, I would not use online dissertations so futilely. You know, it may result in a great failure. That is why I call on your being more careful. There is nothing good in extra risk. Extra risk is just grave. You will get nothing useful from it.
So, you had better be more careful, as I already said. And remember about the following pitfalls when turning to the online dissertations:
If the online dissertation is kept within the database of your college or university, it is certain that your supervisor, as well as the committee, have already met it. So, you can use such a dissertation only as a template or as a source of information. Do not even think about copying it and presenting as your own paper.
If your dissertation is kept in some other database, there is still a chance that your supervisor and the members of the defense committee have already met it.
In any case, a plagiarism checking system will discover it at once. So, the online dissertation should be used as templates or sources of background info only.
Online dissertations were performed by students, and you cannot know if they passed through the defense successfully. So, using an online dissertation as a template or as a source of info, do not forget to consult with your supervisor and with additional sources. An online dissertation is just an extra mean.
Remember about these pitfalls of the online dissertations, and you will not get into troubles.