I assume you mean time independent perturbation theory. [This][1] book by David McIntyre is a great introduction to quantum mechanics (I used it as a supplement to Griffiths'). I especially like how McIntyre uses spin-1/2 as a working example to define the basic concepts of quantum mechanics, and his chapters on perturbation theory are clear and concise. Below, I describe how to find the first order and second order corrections to energies and energy eigenstates/eigenkets. When $H$ is degenerate, one has to locate the degenerate subspace of $H$ and work with that directly. For non-degenerate perturbation theory: Our original Hamiltonian, $H$, and our perturbed Hamiltonian, $H'$, then we have the eigenvalue equation, $$ H |n^{(0)} = E^{(0)}_{n} |n^{(0)}> $$ where the superscript denotes the order of the correction, i.e. (0) denotes the unperturbed system. So we may expand the energies in terms of the energy corrections, $$ E_{n} = E^{(1)}_{n} + E^{(2)}_{n} + ...$$ and the energy eigenkets, $$ |n> = |n^{(0)}> + |n^{(1)}> + ...$$ So, the elements of the perturbed Hamiltonian are given by $$ H'_{n,n} = <n^{(0)}|H'|n^{(0)}> = E^{(1)}_{n} .$$ It can be shown, by taking advantage of the properties of the inner product, that the other energies and the eigenket corrections are $$ E_{n}^{(2)} = \sum\lim_{m \neq n} \frac{|<m^{(0)} | H' | n^{(0)}>|^{2}}{E_{n}^{(0)} - E_{m}^{(0)}},$$ $$ |n^{(1)}> = \sum\lim_{m \neq n} \frac{<m^{(0)} | H' | n^{(0)}>}{E_{n}^{(0)} - E_{m}^{(0)}} |m^{(0)}>.$$ Sorry the math looks bad, I'm not sure how to use Dirac notation on this website. For degenerate perturbation theory: So, of course, the degenerate subspace of $H$ in your question is of smaller dimensionality than $H$. This means that not every eigenstate needs a correction! Since you've located the degenerate subspace, now you need to diagonalize the perturbation Hamiltonian $H'$ in the degenerate subspace to obtain the corrections to the original eigenkets. Page 339 of McIntyre's book goes over several examples. If McIntyre's book is not available to you, [this][2] website is helpful. [1]: https://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Mechanics-Paradigms-David-McIntyre/dp/0321765796 [2]: http://physics.gmu.edu/~dmaria/590%20Web%20Page/public_html/qm_topics/degenerate/