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Academic writing

Academic Writing Centre
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Emerald guides

Writing better essays
Grammar and punctuation
Writing style
Writing style
Understanding academic writing
Understanding academic writing
Writing a dissertation
Writing a dissertation

ebooks

A Field Guide for Science Writers : The Official Guide of the National Association of Science Writers
Includes chapters that provide the tools every good science writer needs: how to use statistics, how to weigh the merits of conflicting studies in scientific literature, how to report about risk. And, ultimately, how to write.
Writing up Your University Assignments and Research Projects : A Practical Handbook
A Guide to Writing in the Sciences
Writing Readable Research : A Guide for Students of Social Science
Why they can't write

Useful sources

Academic writing : from paragraph to essay /
The complete guide to referencing and avoiding plagiarism /
ISBN: 9780335241033
Doing Your Literature Review by Jill Jesson; Lydia Matheson; Fiona M. Lacey
ISBN: 9781848601543
Publication Date: 2011-03-14
The Literature Review by Lawrence A. Machi; Brenda T. McEvoy
ISBN: 9781412961356
Publication Date: 2008-07-10
The Literature Review by Diana Ridley
ISBN: 9781446201435
Publication Date: 2012-07-31

Grammar

Academic writing

Ways of knowing, doing and writing in the disciplines
from jstor

Carter, M. (2007). Ways of Knowing, Doing, and Writing in the Disciplines. College Composition and Communication, 58(3), 385-418. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/20456952

"Hard writing makes easy reading. Easy writing makes hard writing" William Zinsser

Writing guide from the University of Toronto

Online Writing Guide from Purdue University

Academic Phrasebank from the University of Manchester - a mighty resource for you to explore

Avoiding the laundry list literature review
Pat Thomson, Professor of Education in the School of Education, The University of Nottingham. Follow her blog or twitter account

Using quotes

Using the quote sandwich
The rules of the quote sandwich apply to paraphrases and summaries as well.

Writing Your Dissertation

Suggestions for Writing Theses and Dissertations
University of Manatoba

First assignment

My First Assignment
This tool helps when you get that first assignment letting you know what they are and what to expect from them. It also is designed to give you some guidance when you are doing assignments.

Instruction verbs

Proof reading

Writing a Peer review
London school of economics blog

Free Images

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Google Creative Commons Images using the 'usage rights' filter at the bottom.
Flickr Creative Commons - images for which the owner has specified a Creative Commons licence
Wikimedia Commons - archive of free multimedia content submitted by Wikipedia users.
MorgueFile - probably the best single source of free photos.
JISC Media Hub - Free images from the Getty collection.
FreeFoto.com. A collection of free photographs for private non-commercial use.
Image*After - large, free photo collection, with images free for any use.
The Creative Commons search allows you to search Google, Yahoo, Flickr and other sites for material that is licensed under the Creative Commons - which usually means you can use it without charge in a non-commercial context.