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Featured Resources

Video:"Get Lit: The Literature Review"

By | Oct. 08, 2011

Video of presentation on preparing the literature review section of a thesis or dissertation. One of the most popular videos on our online research writing courses

Toolkit:Gender Mainstreaming in Higher Education Toolkit

By | Mar. 02, 2018

This toolkit has been developed for facilitators who are interested in introducing gender mainstreaming in higher education in order to challenge gender inequality.

Resource Library

Tips of the Week 76-100

By | Oct. 27, 2012
Fourth set of 25 weekly tips on writing and publishing. Our thanks to Bernard Appiah for preparing the tips and to Alejandra Arreola-Triana for compiling the set. Original dates of posting: 8 May through 22 October 2012.

Web resource:SHERPA/RoMEO

By | Oct. 21, 2012
Provides information on journals’ and publishers’ policies on copyright and self-archiving.

"Using Tenses in Scientific Writing"

By | Sep. 08, 2012
Two-page handout providing guidance on which verb tense(s) to use in each part of a scientific paper or research report. Includes many examples. From the Academic Skills Unit, University of Melbourne.

Web resource:Research Tools from the Society of Biblical Literature

By | Aug. 31, 2012
Mainly for researchers doing biblical scholarship. Contains links to resources for research and writing. Featured resources include a guide containing key points from the SBL (Society of Biblical Literature) Handbook of Style.

Article:"Writing the Empirical Journal Article"

By | Aug. 31, 2012

A guide to writing journal articles. Intended primarily for researchers in psychology but also helpful to researchers in other fields. By Daryl J. Bem.