ACADEMIC SKILLS PODCAST – SkillSoup

The Australian National University's Academic Skills and Learning Centre has embarked on an exciting new podcasting project, part of which is a radio-style program called 'SkillSoup'. Each episode of SkillSoup contains a mix of academic skills tips, reports from the ASLC, feature interviews and other useful stuff for students.

https://academicskills.anu.edu.au/podcasts.php

ACADEMIC WRITING

• The UTS Assignment Writing Guide
  http://www.bell.uts.edu.au/awg
• Essay and assignment writing a step by step approach
  http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/olib.html
• Guidelines to help you evaluate your writing
  http://www.soem.ecu.edu.au/EngAdv/Resources/
  The%20assignment%20writing%20process.pdf
  
• Understanding academic writing
  http://www.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/programs/tuneup/writing.php#understand
• Academic Writing Handouts - from paragraph writing to punctuation
  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html
• Unilearning - academic materials and exercises
  http://unilearning.uow.edu.au/main.html
• Essential writing skills
  http://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/content/4_WritingSkills/
  00writingskills.htm
  
• Writing research reports
  http://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/content/2_AssessmentTasks/
  assess_tuts/reports_LL/index.html
  

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ACADEMIC READING

• Reading skills and strategies
  http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/read.html
• Quoting, paraphrasing and summarising
  http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/sumpara.html
• Strategies for academic reading
  http://www.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/programs/tuneup/reading.php#strategies
• Critical reading
  http://72.14.205.104/u/EdithCowan?q=cache:r5vUSr5bngkJ:
  www.chs.ecu.edu.au/learning/documents/Study%2520skills/
  Reading%2520skills/Strategies%2520for%2520reading%2520
  critically.pdf+critical+reading&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&ie=UTF-8
  
• Critically analysing information sources
  http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill26.htm

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REFERENCING

An introduction to the Harvard, APA & Note referencing systems:

• The BELL Program online referencing guide
  http://www.bell.uts.edu.au/referencing
• UNSW referencing guide
  http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/ref.html
• A comprehensive guide to the Harvard and other styles
  http://facultysite.cqu.edu.au/FCWViewer/view.do?page=3949
  
• About APA style
  http://apastyle.apa.org/
  

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PLAGIARISM

• UTS web resource: an interactive site on what plagiarism is and how you can avoid it
  http://www.uts.edu.au/teachlearn/avoidingplagiarism/
• What is plagiarism?
  http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/plag.html
• How to avoid plagiarism
  http://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/content/1_StudySkills/
  03plagiarism.htm
  
• A comprehensive guide to avoiding plagiarism
  http://www.academicintegrity.uoguelph.ca/plagiarism_avoiding.cfm
  
• Avoiding plagiarism
  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/research/r_plagiar.html

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EDITING AND PROOFREADING

• An editing checklist
  http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/edit.html
• Editing and proofreading strategies
  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_edit.html

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ACADEMIC READING AND WRITING BY FACULTY

• Directory of resources about academic writing and speaking
  for faculties at UTS
  http://www.bell.uts.edu.au/write/directory

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Science and Engineering
Writing

• How to write a technical report
  http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/report.html
• Technical writing
  http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/tech.html
• How to write lab reports
  http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/labrep.html
  http://www.ecf.utoronto.ca/~writing/handbook-lab.html
• Writing for chemistry students
  http://www.molecularmodels.ca/probsol/ps_a-e.html
  
• Writing for mechanical engineering
  http://www.writing.engr.psu.edu/
• Online medical and science dictionaries
  http://www.medbioworld.com/MedBioWorld/TopicLinks.aspx?
  type=Reference%20Tools&&category=(All)&&concept=Medicine
  

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Reading

• Handouts on reading skills
  http://www.utexas.edu/student/utlc/learning_resources/
  

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Information Technology

• IT internet site
  http://whatis.techtarget.com/

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Business
Writing

• Writing case studies for business students
  http://college.hmco.com/business/resources/
  casestudies/students/overview.htm
• Writing reports for business students
  http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/publications/qmanual/ch-07.html

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PRONUNCIATION

• English Club: English pronunciation
  http://www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/
• Animated libraries of the phonetic sounds of English
  http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/

SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS AND TUTORIALS

• UTS Library's online tutorial on power point presentations
  http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/catalyst/07/07d1-1.htm
  
• Effective seminar presentations
  http://www.bell.uts.edu.au/write/oral
• A step by step approach
  http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/tutsem.html
• Strategies for oral presentations
  http://www.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/programs/tuneup/oral.php
• Presenting and participating in tutorials (called seminars in the UK)
  http://www.sussex.ac.uk/langc/skills/present.html
  http://www.sussex.ac.uk/langc/skills/semfaq2.html
  

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GROUP WORK

• Effective group work
  http://www.bell.uts.edu.au/groupwork

GRAMMAR

• Avoiding common errors
  http://unilearning.uow.edu.au/writing/1a.html
• Grammar sites
  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/index.html
  
• Grammar activities, clubs and quizzes
  http://grammar.englishclub.com/
  http://a4esl.org/

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EXAM PREPARATION

• Exam strategies
  http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/exam.html
• FAQs on exam preparation
  http://studytips.aac.ohiou.edu/?Function=Exam
  

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INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

• FAQs for international students
  http://www.sss.uq.edu.au/linkto/isweb/
• Online discussion centre ‘Dave’s ESL Cafe’
  http://www.eslcafe.com/
• English language activities
  http://www.quia.com/dir/eng/
• English as a second language Resources, Handouts and Exercises
  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/index.html

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POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS

• Postgraduate resources
  http://www.slc.auckland.ac.nz/pg/resources/
• Writing a literature review
  http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/litrev.html
• Writing a thesis proposal
  http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/thesis.html
• FAQs for PhD students
  http://www.sss.uq.edu.au/linkto/phdwriting
• Writing your thesis
  http://www.gradschool.uts.edu.au/star/thesis/index.html
• Thesis writing for engineering /science students
  http://www.writing.engr.psu.edu/workbooks/theses.html
• How to write a PhD thesis in physics
  http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/%7Ejw/thesis.html
• This database provides access to Masters and PhD by
  Research theses - Australian digital theses program
  http://adt.caul.edu.au/