Essays, lab & project reports, presentations, posters, dissertation, thesis , research… \u2013 there’s a lot of writing at University.\u00a0 Here\u00a0 are some\u00a0 resources to\u00a0 help you with writing.<\/p>\n
Help is available\u00a0 from\u00a0 Academic skills<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 ( asc@dundee.ac.uk<\/a>) who\u00a0 offer sessions on academic writing – they do drop-ins and one to one sessions.\u00a0 \u00a0The Academic Librarian team\u00a0 (llc-academiclibrarian@dundee.ac.uk<\/a> ) can help you find and use resources.<\/p>\n Stuck on a word?\u00a0 – try the\u00a0 Oxford English Dictionary<\/a>\u00a0 (OED for short).\u00a0 It’s easy to look up online & will give you a word’s\u00a0 definition, origins, usage.\u00a0\u00a0 Roget’s Thesuarus<\/a> – or any English language Thesaurus – will help you vary the language you’re using by showing you words with similar meanings.\u00a0 \u00a0Find them in Library Search<\/a> .<\/p>\n Referencing \u2013 how does Harvard work? Why Vancouver? Who\u2019s OSCOLA?\u00a0 \u00a0Try Cite Them Right, \u00a0the online referencing\u00a0 database with examples to work through for styles used across all disciplines.\u00a0 Great if you’re new to referencing, or\u00a0 need a refresher .\u00a0 \u00a0 Cite Them right<\/a>\u00a0 is in the A-Z of Eresources<\/a>,<\/p>\n