Writing a Dissertation
Fordham University's Department of Theology Student Handbook
Appendix A: A Dissertation Upon Dissertations - These pages provide useful guidelines for writing a dissertation, including topics such as What Is Not a Dissertation, What Is a Dissertation, and the purpose, audience, and genre of a dissertation.
General
Choosing Your Thesis or Dissertation Topic (pdf)
Porter, Stanley E. "Is There a Secret to Supervising Doctoral Students?"
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Perlmutter, David D. and Lance Porter “Thinking Beyond the Dissertation,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 16, 2005.
Doctoral students are so focused on momentary burdens that they graduate without being truly prepared.
Perlmutter, David D. “Betrayed by your Advisor,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 24, 2006.
A dissertation shows your scholarly potential; it shouldn't simply be a footnote to your mentor's glorious career.
Perlmutter, David, “Are You a Good Protégé?” The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 18, 2008.
Rothman, Barbara Katz “Pushing Them Through,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 16, 2005.
To be a strong dissertation adviser, you have to distinguish your own skills and limitations from those of your students.
Toor, Rachel, “Goodbye to All That,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 28, 2008.
Often the kindest thing you can tell a Ph.D. is to put the dissertation in a desk drawer and move on.
Books for the Struggling Dissertation Writer
Part of this list is from Dartmouth's website
Bolker, Joan, Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day: A Guide to Starting, Revising, and Finishing Your Doctoral Thesis (Henry Holt and Company, 1998).
Fisher, Elizabeth and Daniel Holtom, Enjoy Writing Your Science Thesis or Dissertation!: A Step by Step Guide to Planning and Writing Dissertations and Theses for Undergraduate and Graduate Students (Imperial College Press, 1999).
Lamott, Anne, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1995).
Lunenburg, Fred C. Writing a Successful Thesis or Dissertation: Tips and Strategies for Students in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 2008).
Peters, Robert L., Getting What You Came For: The Smart Student's Guide to Earning a Master's or Ph.D. (Noonday Press, 1998)
Secrist, Jan, Debra J. Wright, and Jacqueline Fitzpatrick, Secrets for a Successful Dissertation by Jan Secrist (Sage Publications, 1998).
Book Proposals
Cambridge University Press - Process for Submitting Proposals
Inter-Varsity Press - Process for Submitting Proposals