How to get hold of undergraduate dissertations?

Corruptedmorals

Getting very conflicting advice about of my dissertation layout (history, but I'm Irish Studies). I get that the library only holds postgrad ones, so are undergrad ones accessible? If they're held by departments, can I just stroll into the history office and ask for one? Doesn't matter what the topic is. Thanks.

Denerick

Ask your supervisor for a copy of someone's. Most lecturers who previously supervised someone hold on to a copy of their dissertation. I've even seen someone's dissertation cited in a footnote (Distant relative) My guy last year gave me the lend of someone's, was actually quite useful as the dissertation was in a related field and I could straight away pick out the mistakes made... and insured they would not be replicated in my own.

Mountain_Surfer

No harm to try the departmental office anyway. I know that we have to submit five(:eek:) final year project reports. One for ourselves, for our supervisor, our client, the external examiner and one for the school's library. You might have a bit of luck that way?

blubloblu

http://www.tcd.ie/Library/using-library/theses.php
"Undergraduate dissertations are not held by the Library"

Sir Ophiuchus

The relevant department usually keeps them on file. Ask them.

Ravelleman

If in doubt ask your supervisor. That's what they're there for.

gutenberg

The history dept actually sent out an email last week to history Senior Sophs, telling them they had a sample of dissertations in the office that people could look at. I think it was mainly for seeing the types of binding that are acceptable, but you could have a look through for layout as well. Just ask in the departmental office.

Otherwise, as the others have said, ask your supervisor

TrollHammaren

Definitely ask your department's secretary, and he/she should be able to tell you. I know that we could request a copy of anyone's dissertation in the Psychology department, and we have a copy of most dissertations submitted in the last few years in the local area o the Psychology website.

Corruptedmorals

gutenberg wrote: »

The history dept actually sent out an email last week to history Senior Sophs, telling them they had a sample of dissertations in the office that people could look at. I think it was mainly for seeing the types of binding that are acceptable, but you could have a look through for layout as well. Just ask in the departmental office.

Otherwise, as the others have said, ask your supervisor

Was told eventually that history hold them, not my supervisor. So I had a look, was very helpful. It's incredibly frustrating doing a new interdiscplinary course, everyone tells you to ask someone else, even my supervisor! No guidance in 3rd year whatsoever, just a meeting that said wordcount is X, due date is X. No meetings, no proposals accepted, no drafts, no allocation of supervisors, no layout or structure guide. The idea I had in mind was rejected last December. No problem though, this years third years are having meetings drafts proposals etc.!


I'm not a history student, I'm in SS Irish Studies (this is the first year to graduate), officially my department office is Irish, which is where the dissertation will be handed in, but my dissertation is history and so is my supervisor. (Though about 60 years off the time period I'm doing..) Any guidance I've tried to get on layout from my supervisor I'm generally told to ask the course coordinator, who is geography, and keeps saying that different departments have different guidelines. Very frustrating!

Anyway, seeing examples (and binding- knew spiral was the way to go though) has been very reassuring, and I got a copy of the guide given to history third years. Thanks all:D