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Presentation:Approaching a Writing Project

By | Apr. 29, 2012
Main topics: establishing the mindset (attitude), knowing the ethics, preparing to write, doing the writing, and revising your work. To keep the file small, photos have been deleted. From the IADSR In...

Presentation:Preparing the Literature Review Section of a Dissertation

By | Oct. 08, 2011
PDF of PowerPoint presentation. Topics include reasons for doctoral students to review the literature, purposes of the literature review section of a dissertation, and advice for preparing the literat...

Video:"Get Lit: The Literature Review"

By | Oct. 08, 2011
Video of presentation on preparing the literature review section of a thesis or dissertation. Speaker: Candace Schaefer, Associate Director, Texas A&M University Writing Center. Length: about 46 minut...

Presentation:Class 10--Intensive Course in Research Writing

By | Jul. 11, 2011
...on included a guest segment on verb forms and a presentation on preparing grant proposals. To make the file small enough to download rapidly, pictures were omitted from the version posted. Including d...

AuthorAID Tips of the Week 1-25

By | May. 20, 2011
Weekly tips on writing and publishing. Prepared by AuthorAID graduate assistant Bernard Appiah. Original dates of posting: 1 December 2010 through 17 May 2011.

Presentation:Approaching Writing

By | Sep. 04, 2009
Guidance on 5 basic aspects of the writing process: (1) establishing the mindset (attitude), (2) knowing the ethics, (3) preparing to write, (4) doing the writing, and (5) revising your work.

Presentation:Selected Other Topics

By | Feb. 19, 2009
Some basics on the following: (1) literature searching, (2) avoiding plagiarism, (3) quoting and citing, (4) copyrights and patents, (5) writing style, (6) preparing a curriculum vitae, (7) asking for...

Presentation:Writing and Publishing a Book

By | Feb. 19, 2009
...Main topics include finding a publisher, preparing a proposal, receiving a contract, and preparing the manuscript. Also discusses converting a dissertation (thesis) into a book.

Topics: The publishing process, Academic writing and style

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