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Welcome to the "Developing good academic practices" resource. It is intended to help you develop good academic practices in your studies, and when producing assignments and completing assessments.
Although designed as a course to work through, the resource can also be used to dip in and out of, if you feel you need to improve your skills in a particular area.
Writing reports and assignments can be a daunting prospect. Learn how to interpret questions and how to plan, structure and write your assignment or report. This free course, Essay and report writing skills, is designed to help you develop the skills you need to write effectively for academic purposes.
What is a literature review? Thesis, Antithesis and Synthesis
Choose your topic, collect your relevant material, read/skim articles, group articles by theme, use citation databases, find agreement and disagreement
This visualization demonstrates how methods are related and connects users to relevant content.
Browse through methods in the search box then you will see all concepts that are connected to the specific method.
SAGE Research Methods (SRM) is an award-winning multidisciplinary tool designed to help you create research projects and understand the methods behind them.
Quick Start Guide for Sage Research Methods
Some relevant resources to browse through in Sage Research Methods.
Tutorial Videos of research methods.
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