毕业论文是高等教育的重要环节，是对大学生（研究生）在校期间学习成绩的综合检验。毕业论文也是学术论文的类型之一，与科学研究工作密切相关：它记录并再现科学研究的过程和方法，描述研究成果；在学理上对研究对象做“尽可能的探讨和研究”，在背景上做“详尽无遗的调查”，从而达到内容创新，“全面订正和给确定结论的目的”。
阅读本书，有助于全面了解撰写毕业论文的知识和方法，尽快进入写作状态，写出**的毕业论文。本书也可供撰写学位论文和其他学术论文者参考。

List of exercises
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The importance of writing
Four basic principles
Practice
Will this book solve all your writing problems for you?
The examples in this book
Who this book is for
How to use this book
Chapter 1 Deciding what to write about，and getting started
The purpose of writing essays
What sorts of topics you might choose
Responding to set questions
Exam questions
Exam techniques and strategies
Devising your own title
Being original
Planning an essay：format and proportion
Getting started：outlines and early drafts
Some questions to ask yourself as you construct an essay
Summary，suggestions and exercises
Your own notes on this chapter
Chapter 2 Gathering your materials together
How to choose a literary text to work on
How to choose critical analyses to work with
Boks which list facts and how to use them in your research
Finding more to read
How to read a book or article
How to keep notes
Keeping a record of where you found something
Using a computer to find and store information
Using your supervisor
Planning your time
Summary，suggestions and exercises
Your own notes on this chapter
Chapter 3 The form of your argument
Chapter 4 Register:the‘voice’you use when you write
Chapter 5 Writing your essay，dissertation or thesis
Chapter 6 Grammar，punctuation and spelling
Chapter 7 Completing
Booklist
Index