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  • Academic Skills

Guides and links for many different academic skills from Leeds University Library

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Guides and links for many different academic skills from Leeds University Library

  • Academic Writing - A Handbook for International Students 4th Edition

"""Most international students need to write essays and reports for exams and coursework, but writing good academic English is one of the most demanding tasks students face. This new, fourth edition of has been completely revised to help students reach this goal.

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"""Most international students need to write essays and reports for exams and coursework, but writing good academic English is one of the most demanding tasks students face. This new, fourth edition of has been completely revised to help students reach this goal.

  • Best Dissertations

A useful collection of the best (undergraduate) dissertations from the Department of History at Bristol University organised by year.

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A useful collection of the best (undergraduate) dissertations from the Department of History at Bristol University organised by year.

  • Can I use one citation at the end of a multiple sentence paragraph, or do I have to cite for every sentence?

A very useful guide to how to solve the problem of making sources clear without repeating the same citation in a paragraph with example paragraphs

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A very useful guide to how to solve the problem of making sources clear without repeating the same citation in a paragraph with example paragraphs

  • Dissertation Examples

A collection of dissertations (both undergraduate and postgraduate) organised by department, sometimes including the grade they each obtained.

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A collection of dissertations (both undergraduate and postgraduate) organised by department, sometimes including the grade they each obtained.

  • Dissertation Research & Writing for Construction Students

User-friendly, easy to dip into guide for all Built Environment students Takes the reader from the stage of choosing a topic to writing a well-structured dissertation Best case practice illustrated with numerous examples, case studies and references Dissertation Research and Writing for Construction Students covers topic selection, research planning, data collection and methodology, as well as structuring and writing the dissertation - in fact, everything needed for a successful write-up. A new section advising students on the use of the SPSS software 'Statistical Package for Social Sciences' will help readers make the best use of this tool. New examples and references ensure that this new edition of the bestselling construction dissertation guide is right up to speed with current practice. This is the ideal resource for students involved in research in Construction Management, Building and Quantity Surveying.

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User-friendly, easy to dip into guide for all Built Environment students Takes the reader from the stage of choosing a topic to writing a well-structured dissertation Best case practice illustrated with numerous examples, case studies and references Dissertation Research and Writing for Construction Students covers topic selection, research planning, data collection and methodology, as well as structuring and writing the dissertation - in fact, everything needed for a successful write-up. A new section advising students on the use of the SPSS software 'Statistical Package for Social Sciences' will help readers make the best use of this tool. New examples and references ensure that this new edition of the bestselling construction dissertation guide is right up to speed with current practice. This is the ideal resource for students involved in research in Construction Management, Building and Quantity Surveying.

  • EAP Foundation - Cohesion

A comprehensive guide to cohesion in writing with examples, further links and a checklist for your own writing.

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A comprehensive guide to cohesion in writing with examples, further links and a checklist for your own writing.

  • EAP Foundations - Transition

A guide to transition signals in essays with lots of vocabulary and examples to see how it works. Also includes a useful checklist to use with your own work

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A guide to transition signals in essays with lots of vocabulary and examples to see how it works. Also includes a useful checklist to use with your own work

  • Electronic Exam Papers Service

A searchable database of past UCL exam papers

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A searchable database of past UCL exam papers

  • English Composition 1

An entire an online coursebook on academic essay writing with many annotated examples.

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An entire an online coursebook on academic essay writing with many annotated examples.

  • Example student essays

7 example student essays with tutor feedback in 5 different disciplines: English lit, Int. Security, Anthropology, Biomedical Science and Psychology.

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7 example student essays with tutor feedback in 5 different disciplines: English lit, Int. Security, Anthropology, Biomedical Science and Psychology.

  • Harvard Faculty Explain Analytical Writing

Four excellent guides for writing an argument, showing importance, structure & audience, and evidence & analysis; with examples and exercises.

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Four excellent guides for writing an argument, showing importance, structure & audience, and evidence & analysis; with examples and exercises.

  • Improve Your Paper by Writing Structured Paragraphs

A guide to writing academic paragraphs with examples.

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A guide to writing academic paragraphs with examples.

  • Learnhigher - Academic Writing

A useful collection of online exercises to help with academic writing including podcasts, videos and pdfs.

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A useful collection of online exercises to help with academic writing including podcasts, videos and pdfs.

  • ozdic.com - collocations dictionary

Type in a word and get back a list of meanings of the word with collocations for each meaning and example sentences. An invaluable tool.

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Type in a word and get back a list of meanings of the word with collocations for each meaning and example sentences. An invaluable tool.

  • Principles of Academic Writing: Cohesion Strategies

A pdf of materials and slides from a workshop on cohesion including vocabulary and examples

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A pdf of materials and slides from a workshop on cohesion including vocabulary and examples

  • Punctuation (a short guide)

A 2-page pdf with explanations and examples of usage for some less common punctuation marks.

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A 2-page pdf with explanations and examples of usage for some less common punctuation marks.

  • Quoting, paraphrasing and summarising

An essay largely on paraphrasing and summarising, with examples and tips.

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An essay largely on paraphrasing and summarising, with examples and tips.

  • Reading a Cause and Effect Article

A comprehensive guide to reading a cause and effect article including different structures, inferring and vocabulary. Example text is non-academic.

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A comprehensive guide to reading a cause and effect article including different structures, inferring and vocabulary. Example text is non-academic.

No closer to arresting Drissa Camara or the corrupt cops, Laure and her team seek missing teen Maria. Roban is rattled to be testifying in court in his own defence, cross-examined by Josephine.

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No closer to arresting Drissa Camara or the corrupt cops, Laure and her team seek missing teen Maria. Roban is rattled to be testifying in court in his own defence, cross-examined by Josephine.

  • Synthesising

A very brief explanation of synthesising with some helpful examples

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A very brief explanation of synthesising with some helpful examples

  • The Academic Writer's Toolkit : A User's Manual

Berger's slim, user-friendly volume on academic writing is a gift to linguistically-stressed academics. Author of 60 published books, the author speaks to junior scholars and graduate students about the process and products of academic writing. He differentiates between business writing skills for memos, proposals, and reports, and the scholarly writing that occurs in journals and books. He has suggestions for getting the "turgid" out of turgid academic prose and offers suggestions on how to best structure various forms of documents for effective communication. Written in Berger's friendly, personal style, he shows by example that academics can write good, readable prose in a variety of genres.

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Berger's slim, user-friendly volume on academic writing is a gift to linguistically-stressed academics. Author of 60 published books, the author speaks to junior scholars and graduate students about the process and products of academic writing. He differentiates between business writing skills for memos, proposals, and reports, and the scholarly writing that occurs in journals and books. He has suggestions for getting the "turgid" out of turgid academic prose and offers suggestions on how to best structure various forms of documents for effective communication. Written in Berger's friendly, personal style, he shows by example that academics can write good, readable prose in a variety of genres.

  • Thinking Writing: Work in Subjects

Links to guides to writing in 12 subjects (but Engineering and STEM links were broken at last check).

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Links to guides to writing in 12 subjects (but Engineering and STEM links were broken at last check).

  • Vivas

Advice for dealing with viva exams - aimed at research postgraduates, but useful for all students doing vivas

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Advice for dealing with viva exams - aimed at research postgraduates, but useful for all students doing vivas

"The customer is god". This distinct Japanese business spirit is examined by visiting various districts and learning words that are used in shopping. Introduces an exhibition of a North London potter and Koshino Junko's Tokyo Collection.

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"The customer is god". This distinct Japanese business spirit is examined by visiting various districts and learning words that are used in shopping. Introduces an exhibition of a North London potter and Koshino Junko's Tokyo Collection.

Focuses on the educational system which has been regarded as the key to Japan's economic achievement. Takes up the issues of cram school which symbolizes entrance examination war. Follow a school excursion to Hiroshima, target of the world's first atomic bomb, and to Miyajima, one of the most beautiful sights of Japan.

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Focuses on the educational system which has been regarded as the key to Japan's economic achievement. Takes up the issues of cram school which symbolizes entrance examination war. Follow a school excursion to Hiroshima, target of the world's first atomic bomb, and to Miyajima, one of the most beautiful sights of Japan.

"Tsukioi", examines this indispensable process of building and promoting business relationships in Japan. Includes an actual scene of a settai and the opinions from foreigners. Also introduces coffee shops, Japanese restaurants, bars, and variety of places to eat and drink.

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"Tsukioi", examines this indispensable process of building and promoting business relationships in Japan. Includes an actual scene of a settai and the opinions from foreigners. Also introduces coffee shops, Japanese restaurants, bars, and variety of places to eat and drink.

  • Duden - Deutsches Universal Wörterbuch A-Z

  • Dudenredaktion , Dudenverlag , 1989

One of the best known and most widely used dictionaries in Germany today. Gives brief descriptions of contemporary vocabulary and many examples of its use in German on over 1800 pages. Also contains brief overview of the main grammar rules. New spelling NOT included. 1989.

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One of the best known and most widely used dictionaries in Germany today. Gives brief descriptions of contemporary vocabulary and many examples of its use in German on over 1800 pages. Also contains brief overview of the main grammar rules. New spelling NOT included. 1989.

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Diploma Lecture 2011