Documents to assist your writing
Some PDF’s of helpful tips for various writing issues. Left click to view or right click, save as to save.
How to stay sane while writing
Hints on style for scientific and technical writing
random advice on report writing and media relations
A quick guide to theses copyright
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Study Skills
- Critical Thinking (40k)
- Dealing with Exams (40k)
- Note-making (160k)
- Preparing for Exams (40k)
- Support for higher degree research students (160k)
- Time management (36k)
Referencing
- Appendices (68k)
- Author-date Referencing Examples (96k)
- Avoiding Plagiarism (44k)
- Electronic Referencing Examples (124k)
- Footnoting (104k)
- Using quotes (author-date system) (32k)
- Using quotes (footnoting system) (48k)
- Writing an annotated bibliography (32k)
Writing Essays, Reviews and Reports
- Analysing the question (30k)
- Formatting an essay (84k)
- Paragraph (44k)
- Paraphrasing and summarising (28k)
- Revising and editing an essay (28k)
- Writing an abstract (40k)
- Writing an essay (32k)
- Writing a formal report (40k)
- Writing: hints on style for scientific and technical writing (28k)
- Writing a literature review (32k)
- Writing a scientific report (32k)
Writing Different Paragraph Types
Argument (44k)
- Classification (44k)
- Comparison and/or contrast (48k)
- Definition (44k)
- Description (40k)
- Explanation (40k)
- Illustration (40k)
- Recount (44k)
Writing Sentences
Grammar: common terms (40K)
- Grammar: parallel structure (36K)
- Grammar: subject-verb agreement (44K)
- Grammar: using pronouns (44k)
- Numbers in academic writing (44K)
- Punctuation: semicolons and colons (40k)
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- Punctuation with commas (36k)
- Run-on sentences (40k)
- Sentence types (40k)
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- Sentence fragments (36k)
- Shortened forms of words (36k)
- Spelling problem words (36k)
- Spelling rules (44k)
- Using articles (36k)
- Using however (36k)
- Using hyphens (36k)
- Using non-discriminatory language (36k)
- Using relative clauses (36k)
- Using sentence connectors (36k)
Mathematics
- A brief introduction to set theory (216K)
- Commonly used metric system units and symbols (156K)
- Formulae for surface area and volume (168K)
- Ratios (148K)
- Scientific notation (152K)
- Significant figures (140K)
Link Summary
- http://blog.une.edu.au/MaryWhiteCollegePGandHons/files/2009/03/8_sane.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/MaryWhiteCollegePGandHons/files/2009/02/science-reports.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/MaryWhiteCollegePGandHons/files/2009/02/style-science-technical.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/MaryWhiteCollegePGandHons/files/2009/02/random-advice-on-report-writing-and-media-relations.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/MaryWhiteCollegePGandHons/files/2009/02/literature-review.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/MaryWhiteCollegePGandHons/files/2009/02/quickguide_theses.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/MaryWhiteCollegePGandHons/files/2009/02/formal-report.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/MaryWhiteCollegePGandHons/files/2009/02/writingworkshop_james-h-ingrid-c.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/MaryWhiteCollegePGandHons/files/2009/02/appendices.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/MaryWhiteCollegePGandHons/files/2009/02/active-passive.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/critical-thinking.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/dealing-with-exams.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/note-making.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/preparing-for-exams.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/higher-degree-research-students.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/time-management.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/appendices.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/author-date.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/plagiarism.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/e-referencing.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/footnoting.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/quotes-author-date.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/quotes-footnoting-system.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/annotated-bibliography.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/analyse.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/formatting-essay.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/paragraph.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/paraphrasing.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/revising-and-editing.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/abstract.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/essay.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/formal-report.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/style-science-technical.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/literature-review.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/science-reports.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/paragraph-argument.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/paragraph-class.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/paragraph-comp.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/paragraph-definition.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/paragraph-description.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/paragraph-explanation.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/paragraph-illustration.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/paragraph-recount.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/grammar-common-terms.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/grammar-parallel-structure.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/subjective-verb-agreement.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/pronouns.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/numbers.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/colon.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/apostrophes.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/comma.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/run-on-sentences.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/sentences.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/active-passive.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/sentence-endings.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/sentence-fragment.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/short-words.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/spelling-problem-words.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/spelling-rules.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/articles.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/using-however.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/hyphens.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/non-discriminatory.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/relative-clauses.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/connectors.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/Set-theory.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/Common-symbols.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/Formulae1.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/Ratios.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/Scientific-notation.pdf
- http://blog.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/factsheets/Significant-figures.pdf