Research Support Guide: Proposal Writing

The following resources can be useful in the research proposal writing process: 

• General guidelines for research proposal 
• Literature review resources
• The Higher Degrees Committee (HDC) page contain documents and forms 
•  CPUT thesis template 
•  How to write a literature review 
•  CPUT plagiarism policy 
•  CPUT postgraduate proposal guide 
•  Postgraduate Studies @ CPUT 

Use Library research  tools for pre-searching/reading around your topic

• Search scholarly articles, books and other sources through  library collection   alternatively browse through a list of titles, authors, subjects listed in the Library Catalogue
• CPUT Digital Knowledge (Institutional Repository) contain the research output published by CPUT researchers from CPUT communities 
• CPUT Theses and Dissertations
• National Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Portal (ETD): 
• WorldCat Dissertations  and Theses
• Resources by Subject helps you find recourses in a subject area or for a specific course

• Electronic Journals / Full-text Finder: Journal and article discovery tool to locate all CPUT journal subscriptions.

• CPUT Research Data Management (RDM) platform – investigation about research and archiving needs. Contact RDM team. RDM platform offers good and safe storage to prevent data loss.