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Academic Writing

Writing handbooks & online tutorials

Academic Writing: an introductory tutorial From Learning Skills at Charles Sturt University.

The University of Victoria (Canada) Writer's Guide
A great comprehensive writing guide, this site addresses specific tasks such as essay and thesis writing, as well as generic writing skills like grammar and paragraph construction.

Clearer Writing The University of Sydney

The University of Wisconsin Writers Handbook Useful Resources compiled into a writing guide.

The Writing Workshop School of Psychology UNSW

Uni Learning A wonderful interactive site chock full of useful info for students. Highly recommended!

UNE Academic Literacy Tutorial
Designed for Bachelor of Education Students, this online tutorial has an unusual gothic design and some great interactive exercises.

Essay Writing Guide
From the Royal Literary Fund, UK. This site is a toolbox of essay writing skills and resources that looks at the whole essay writing process – from preparing and planning to completion.

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Information & Research Skills

ELISE | Informing your studies
ELISE helps to develop an understanding of how to find, use and evaluate information for academic purposes. Completing ELISE and achieving a pass in the ELISE quiz is a mandatory requirement for all commencing undergraduate students at UNSW.

SAFARI: Skills in Accessing, Finding, and Reviewing Information From Open University

Seven Steps to Effective Library Research Cornell University tutorial.

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, or, Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources
From New Mexico State University Library.

Research & Documentation Online
by Diana Hacker - research sources by Barbara Fister at Bedford St. Martins.

Learning & thinking styles

VARK (visual oral read/write kinaesthetic)
Do you know how you learn? This site is a great guide to learning styles.

Mind Tools
A large site with advice on time management, decision making, dealing with complexity, memory techniques, and study skills. Many tools and tips that may be useful!

Thinking CriticallyUniversity of Queensland

Critical ThinkingUniversity of Canberra

Critical Thinking Murdoch University

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Discipline-specific study guides

Writing Guidelines For Engineering and Science Students
Guidelines to help engineering or science students with writing assignments in laboratory classes, design classes, and technical communication classes. Includes suggestions for formats, checklists, and model documents.

Maths & Physics homepage
A fun and useful site with many activities for practising maths and physics at university level.

Learning and Problem Solving in Chemistry
By Dr. Dave Woodcock from the Department of Chemistry at Okanagan University College. This site looks at current problems in teaching and learning general chemistry.

The Chemistry Learning Centre
A centre at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for students who wish to improve their performance in chemistry. The site features some handy resources and links.

Guides for Better Science Writing Indiana University

Learning assistance for UNSW Business students, including some great on-line resources.

Maths Essentials Online tutorial from The Learning Lab, RMIT University

Maths & Statistics Massey University Online Writing and Learning Link offers some great online tutorials.

Writing a Phsychology Lab ReportA guide by Prof. Gail Huon School of Psychology UNSW

Writing for subjects From Monash University Language and Learning Online, guides to writing in disciplines such as Arts, Business and Economics, Education, Engineering, IT, Law and Medicine.

Writing in the Humanities
From Dartmouth Writing Program, this site contains some good general advice, especially for students from other academic backgrounds.

Conventions of Writing Papers in Humanities
From Prof. Celia A. Easton, Department of English State University of New York College. Includes some common pitfalls to avoid when writing about literature.

 

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