Articles by Michelle Mertens

Glossary of a dissertation

Published on October 31, 2014 by Michelle Mertens. Revised on November 30, 2018.

A glossary is a list of all terms used in your dissertation that are not immediately obvious to the average reader.

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List of abbreviations in the dissertation

Published on October 20, 2014 by Michelle Mertens. Revised on February 28, 2019.

If you have used a lot of abbreviations in your dissertation, it’s a good idea to provide an alphabetical list of their definitions. This improves the readability of the document, allowing readers to easily look up unfamiliar abbreviations.

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