Useful links
The websites listed below have been recommended by students and offer practical solutions to a wide range of study problems such as academic referencing, time management, writing essays and lab reports and proper use of English. If you find a website that may be useful to other students please email June. If appropriate it will be added to the website.
Academic skills
Uni Learning - University of Wollongong
Study tips - Ohio University
Interactive study skills tutorial - University of Bolton
Brainware map for creative learning
Research and Documentation
Academic writing
The University of St Andrews' 6.1 Academic misconduct policy (students)
The University of St Andrews' 6.5 Language correction
Online templates for referencing - NoodleTools
Harvard referencing system - Anglia Ruskin University
Citing sources tutorial - University of St Andrews
Avoiding plagiarism - University of Leicester
Time management
Weekly Schedules (Word, 48 KB)
Action plan (Word, 47 KB)
Dictionaries and thesauri
Yourdictionary
Online dictionary and thesaurus which includes links to specialist dictionaries.
Merriam-Webster
Online Another online dictionary and thesaurus - use the one you like the best!
Bibliomania
Online access to a vast array of reference texts (for example Roget's Thesaurus, Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, Simond's History of American Literature), biographies and works of literature in drama, fiction and poetry.
Encyclopaedia Britanica online
Free access to a small subset of encyclopedia entries on a specified word or phrase. With paid membership, you get many more entries as well as relevant websites and magazine articles.
Resource Discovery Network
The Resource Discovery Network is an excellent and extensive resource that covers many academic subject areas such as arts and humanities, physical and life sciences and professions.
"The RDN provides access to a series of Internet resource catalogues containing descriptions of high quality Internet sites, selected and described by specialists from within UK academia and affiliated organisations".
Included are online tutorials for using and searching the Internet, which can be contextualised to your particular area of study.
Moodle Resources
Plagiarism training materials
Student Online Academic Resources (SOAR)
(All students have access to these)