You have been studying French for so long and now have to demonstrate your results in a dissertation en Francaise. At a glance, your mission seems to be double complicated. You have to work on a very serious project and this project should be written in one of the most complicated languages.
 
Well, although you may feel panic-stricken at the moment, you still should not exaggerate your problems. First, you would not sign up for writing the dissertation en Francais if you did not know this language well. Second, completing such project as a dissertation is tricky indeed, but it is still manageable. You may start with our general guidelines for writing dissertations en Francais.
 
Do not rely on yourself only
 
Even if you are an expert in French, it is still not your native language. Ideally, you should find a French native speaker who will assist you in writing a dissertation en Francais.
 
Plan your work
 
Planning is extremely helpful no matter what project you need to prepare, and your dissertation en Francaise is not an exception. Make a schedule for every stage of your work, starting from collecting materials up to writing specific chapters of your dissertation en Francaise.
 
Set up realistic goals
 
You may never complete your dissertation en Francaise if you try to achieve some unreal or very complicated goals. There is also no need to try to make everything perfect in your dissertation en Francaise. Just do what you can and what you know.
 
Use tools that will make your work easier
 
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Writing any dissertation project, no matter whether it is a literature dissertation or a dissertation on some other discipline, is a time-consuming and rather intimidating process.
 
You are about to start working on your literature dissertation. Unfortunately, it is impossible to explain you everything about literature dissertations in a small 300-word article. However, we want to talk about some basic principles and small secrets of an effective literature dissertation.
 
How to narrow down the focus of your literature dissertation
 
It is one of the first steps that you should take very seriously. Literature is such a broad field. Even if you choose something like “20th century literature” as the main idea of your literature dissertation, completing your work might take ages.
 
Thus, take time to choose something specific to consider in your literature dissertation. Considering the following aspects might help you:

• a certain period in literature;
• literature of particular countries;
• a specific genre of literature and its most famous representatives;
• specific themes like wars, women depicted in the works of literature.

How to conduct research for your literature dissertation
 
First, never neglect the help of your advisor. Consult him/her about the sources you want to use to write your literature dissertation.
 
All kinds of libraries are the best places to conduct research for your literature dissertation. Visit your college library first, go to public libraries, check online libraries.
 
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We are sure you have already heard about a dissertation literature review as one of the most important sections and the backbone of your project. It is really so, and we do not want to waste your time repeating the same.
 
In this article, we want to talk about some common mistakes that inexperienced dissertation writers tend to make in dissertation literature reviews.
 
Yet, before that, let us remind you some general facts about a literature review in a dissertation.
 
Purposes of making a dissertation literature review

1. To get all possible information about research done, reputable scholars within your research area;
2. To demonstrate your deep knowledge of the chosen field of study.

Dissertation literature review format
 
Actually, it depends on the format of the whole project. Here, you can check some essentials of writing an APA dissertation.
Major steps you need to take to write a dissertation literature review

1. Formulate the main problem;
2. Collect data;
3. Evaluate data;
4. Make an analysis;
5. Present your results.

Sure, this is basic information on how to make a dissertation literature review, and you should ask your advisor for more details. We want to focus on mistakes that you should avoid in your dissertation literature review.
 
Mistake 1
A researcher fails to explain the relationship of already made findings to his/her own study.
 
Mistake 2
A researcher focuses mostly on secondary sources rather than on primary ones in his/her dissertation literature review.
 
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ProQuest dissertation is one of the major constituents of any research library. Nearly every library has the ProQuest dissertation database that students can use to make sure their dissertation topics have not been investigated yet. The ProQuest dissertation database is rather a comprehensive collection of dissertations that can be good samples for students.
 
Every student can call at the official websites of the libraries to find the ProQuest dissertations there by the title, author or publication number. To get a free access to any ProQuest dissertation library, you should be registered as a student of a certain library.
 
One way or another, a ProQuest dissertation is rather a useful kind of a paper. If you read this article up to the end, you will get the answer to the question: Why should you use a ProQuest dissertation?

• ProQuest dissertation provides a model of a perfectly structured dissertation. You know that one of the main requirements for your dissertation is to structure your project properly. A ProQuest dissertation simplifies this piece of the task, since you can structure your own dissertation by analogy;
• ProQuest dissertation is a perfect way to format your paper properly. Sometimes, students face the difficulties caused by the lack of knowledge of formatting style rules. ProQuest dissertations will show you the right way of formatting your own dissertation (if your paper should be done in the same format as the ProQuest dissertation, of course);
• ProQuest dissertations can provide you with the ideas to be included into your own project. This does not mean you should simply copy the ideas. These ideas should serve as a basis for your own thoughts.

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