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Guide-Points for
a Successful Research Thesis Updated Post
The candidate student should well know a set of basic items; these include the following;
1. Definition of the desired research point.
2. Study and understand the material related to the research point.
3. Determination of the main study objectives.
4. Selecting the method and specifying the methodology.
5. Practicing the method facilities concerning analytical, numerical, experimental and/or
software packages.
It’s very good to mention very important general guide points, that help the candidate goes
straight away in the research work. These could include the following points;
1. Reading notes, articles, papers, thesis, and chapters in books that are related to your point.
2. Document any hint that comes to your mind before you miss it. Try to live with your research
point, don't exhaust yourself. Organize your time.
3. Try not to miss seminars, discussions, meetings, presentations, and trips. Talk to people and
get advices and recommendations.
4. Make use of WORD (or other) to well document your material using the automated features.
Try to write in parallel.
5. Make use of MENDELEY (or other) to automatically handle the references in the text and as
an automatic list at the end of the text.
6. Literature survey, where the student is required to cover the recent published titles. This
usually comes in a chapter which summarizes other's research work.
7. Make use of GRAMARLY (or other) to fix your text wording.
8. Make a proposal for the expected contents of your thesis. Open a file for each chapter, where
you write things, that are related, once they come.
9. Make use of EXCELL (or other) to calculate, draw, and present your results.
6. Make use of “What; When; Where; Why; and How”, to achieve a very good discussion for
your results. Try to justify any up normal trends.
7. Make use of your colleagues and specialists reading for you. Try to upgrade your thoughts,
logic, and language.
8. Join RG, LinkedIn, and/or … to have the latest, to ask and answer, to gain ideas and practice.
9. Once you have enough material, go straight for publishing, and give a related seminar.
10. Try to give an attention to three items; the title, abstract, and conclusions.
11. Make use of POWERPOINT (or other) to go for your work presentation at different stages.
12. Make sure you keep a very good relation with your supervisor and other institute staff
members. Be helpful to other researchers.
13. Be Patient and optimistic person.
14. Don't forget to ask Allah your needs. We all in needs to Allah. Good luck.
15. At the end, CONGTRATULATION!!!
Prof. Dr. Elhadi I. Dekam
University of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya
Friday, October 9, 2020