studying o guide on how to write essays, do research and create bibliographies wiltshire college
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Studying
O Guide on how to write essays, do research and create bibliographies
Wiltshire College
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What do you think are the most important factors affecting your
academic performance?
Not enough background reading
Poor Bibliographies
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Where to startO It is never too soon to start preparing: make
a plan in your diary with key target dates
O Reading text books, journals, newspapers as well going on the internet.
O Spending time on getting your material in the right order.
O Allocating time for thorough proof reading
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Things to think aboutO PlagiarismO CopyrightO Do you have enough materialO Quoting not cutting and pastingO A wide variety of vocabulary – use a
thesaurusO Check out the grammarO Spell check and do a word count as
you go along.
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Tips
O Work out what the task actually is.
O Have a rough plan before you start your research.
O Remember to research a range of sources.
O Reference these sources in your essay.
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Style and CitationsO Loads of people like coming to
Wiltshire College as it is really good. The things they do are different and nearly everyone gets a job.
O Ofsted says Wiltshire College is attended by nearly 5000 students (2008: p.31). It was rated amongst the top ten Colleges in the UK (SSS, 2008: p.79)
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Structure
O Options : Chronology or Series
O - tell a story or discuss different points O Introductory paragraph – describes what you will discuss• Point 1• Point 2 or describe the events • Point 3• Conclusion• References
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ReferencingO Have a quick reference guide close at
hand when writing your reference list.
O Always write out the reference information before returning a book to the library.
O Websites – if you do not have a date or an author, is the source valid?
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Reference listO Author’s surname and initialsO Publication dateO Title (in italics)O Place of publicationO Publisher
O BookO Spanos, W., 1993. End of Education.
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press
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Journal
Author’s surname, initials., Year. Title of article. Title of journal, Volume number (part), page
numbers.
O Harpo, T.H., 1933. Carbon monoxide poisoning in social housing. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 41(3), pp.25 -27
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Web site and ebookSurname, initials., Year (if known). Title [online]. (Edition if known). Place of publication: Publisher (if known). Available from: URL [Accessed date]. O Holland, M., 2002. Guide to citing Internet
sources [online]. Poole: Bournemouth University. Available from: http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/library/using/guide_to_citing_internet_sourc.html [Accessed 4 November 2002].
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And finally….
O Read it through out loudO Spell checkO Save it on your college hard driveO Backup at home