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Chapter 1: Making the transition
Swinburne University’s Study Support & Academic Skills website at
http://www.swinburne.edu.au > corporate > study-support
Queensland University of Technology’s ‘Cite/Write’ at http://www.citewrite.qut.edu.au
University of Melbourne’s Academic Skills Unit website at
http://services.unimelb.edu.au > academic skills
Curtin University’s ‘UniEnglish’ website at http://unienglish.curtin.edu.au
‘Griffith English Language Institute’ at http://www144.griffith.edu.au
‘English Language Growth Resource at http://www.elg.edu.au > index.html
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) `trigger videos’ at
http://www.qutic.qut.edu.au > about projects.jsp
The Desk at https://www.thedesk.org.au
Curtin University’s ‘Unilife’ at http://life.curtin.edu.au/
The University of South Australia’s ‘Student Life’ at http://www.unisa.edu.au >
student-life
Chapter 2: Developing effective study skills
No web references
Chapter 3: Identifying appropriate resources
RMIT’s ‘Subject guides’ at http://rmit.edu.au > library > Subject guides
Curtin University’s library site at http://libguides.library.curtin.edu.au > home
Yahoo! web directory at http://dir.yahoo.com
Directory of Open Access Journals (published by the Lund University of Sweden) at
http://www.doaj.org
Standards Australia Online at http://www.standards.org.au
Federal Government publications website at http://australia.gov.au > publications
State or territory government websites, for example http://www.nsw.gov.au or
http://www.wa.gov.au > departments and agencies
AustLII website to check Australasian legal information at http://www.austlii.edu.au
Edith Cowan University has a list of library resources and subject guides at
http://www.ecu.edu.au > libguides.com
The University of Adelaide has a subject-based resource guide at
http://www.adelaide.edu.au > Resource Guides
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Curtin University has provided subject guides at http://libguides.library.curtin.edu.au
> home
PMC at http://www.ncib.nlm.nih.gov > pmc
WebWombat at http://www.webwombat.com.au
Scirus at http://www.scirus.com
BuildingOnline at http://www.buildingonline.com > blsearch.stml
GeoIndex at http://www. Geoindex.com
FinderSeeker at http://www.findseeker.com
CompletePlanet at http://aip.completeplanet.com
Google at http://www.google.com
Google Scholar: on the University of the Sunshine Coast website, go to
http://libguides.usc.edu.au > A–Z List
The University of Western Sydney’s library website offers a resource called Online
Tutorials at http://library.uws.edu.au > Guides > Online Tutorials
Chapter 4: Evaluating your resources
http://www.csiro.au
http://www.redcross.org.au
Annals of Improbable Research website at http://www.improbable.com
Chapter 5: Referencing
‘Guide to assignment presentation’ available at http://www.publichealth.curtin.edu.au
> local/docs/soph/SoPH_GAP.pdf
University of Auckland library at http://www.cite.auckland.ac.nz >
index.php?p=useful_links
Curtin University Library, Western Australia at http://libguides.library.curtin.edu.au >
home
Faculty of Health Sciences at Curtin University, Guide to assignment presentation at
http://healthsciences.curtin.edu.au > local/docs/SoPH_GAP.pdf
Murdoch University Library, Western Australia at http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au
University of Queensland at http://www.library.uq.edu.au > help/referencing-styleguides
James Cook University Library at http://libguides.jcu.edu.au > referencing
University of New South Wales Learning Centre at http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au >
olib.html
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University of Western Australia Library at http://guides.is.uwa.edu.au
University of Melbourne library at http://www.library.unimelb.edu.au > cite
University of Canterbury, New Zealand at http://library.canterbury.ac.nz >
services/ref/style.shtml
Chapter 6: Approaches to writing
Seek at http://www.seek.com.au
Blog Search Engine at http://www.blogsearchengine.com
Asia Times Online at http://www.atimes.com
The Guardian Weekly at http://www.theguardian.com/weekly
Curtin University’s Learning Centre at http://unilife.curtin.edu.au >
learning_centre.htm
University of Western Sydney’s ‘Student Learning Unit’ at http://www.uws.edu.au >
student_learning_unit/slu
Queensland University of Technology’s ‘Language and Learning Support’ at
http://www.student.qut.edu.au > international/language-and-learning-support
Monash University’s ‘Language and Learning Online’ at http://www.monash.edu.au >
lls/llonline
RMIT’s ‘Learning Lab’ at http://emedia.rmit.edu.au > learninglab
University of Wollongong’s ‘UniLearning’ at http://unilearning.uow.edu.au
WEBSITES ON MIND MAPPING AND BRAINSTORMING
FreeMind software at http://freemind.sourceforge.net > wiki/index.php/Download
Online synonym website at http://www.synonym.com
Illumine Training, Mind Map® examples at http://www.mind-mapping.co.uk > mindmaps-examples.htm
James Cook University, Study Skills Online, Mind mapping at http://www.jcu.edu.au
> office/tld/learningskills/mindmap/index.html
Monash University Learning Support, Brainstorming and mind mapping for
assignments at http://www.monash.edu.au > lls/llonline/quickrefs/25brainstorming.xml
RMIT, Study and Learning Centre, Mind mapping and brainstorming at
https://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/content/1_StudySkills/study_pdf/mindmap.pdf
Study Guides and Strategies, Concept or mind-mapping at http://www.studygs.net >
mapping
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Chapter 7: Reflective writing
No web references
Chapter 8: Report writing
Engineers Without Borders challenge at http://www.ewb.org.au > ewbchallenge
The University of Canberra’s ‘Academic Skills Centre’ at http://www.canberra.edu.au
> studyskills
The University of New South Wales has an excellent online resource called Report
Writing FAQs at http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au > olib.html
UniLearning Academic Writing is situated within the University of Wollongong’s
website at http://unilearning.uow.edu.au > main.html
Chapter 9: Academic essay writing
Australian National University’s Academic Skills and Learning Centre webpage,
Writing an essay in 12 steps at https://academicskills.anu.edu.au >
resources/handouts/writing-essay-12-steps
Edith Cowan University’s Exegesis: Academic tip sheet at http://intranet.ecu.edu.au
> data/assets/pdf_file/0017/20618/exegesis.pdf
University of Sydney’s ‘Learning Centre’, Planning your essay at
http://writesite.elearn.usyd.edu.au > m3/m3u1/index.htm
The Learning Centre at the University of New South Wales publishes an online guide
to essay and assignment writing at http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au > olib.html
Purdue University ‘Online Writing Lab’, Academic Writing at
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/1/2
Chapter 10: Other tertiary genres
University of New South Wales’ Writing a Critical Review at
http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au > olib.html > writing-critical-review
University of New South Wales, The Learning Centre, The annotated bibliography at
http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au > olib.html > annotated-bibliography
Monash University’s ‘Language and Learning’ website at http://www.monash.edu.au
> lls/llonline/index.xml
The University of Melbourne’s ‘General Writing Skills’ at
http://services.unimelb.edu.au > academicskills/resource_assets/skill/writingresources
Queensland University of Technology’s ‘QUT citewrite’ website at
http://www.citewrite.qut.edu.au > write
Drew University, New Jersey, Online Resources for Writers, Synthesis writing at
http://www.users.drew.edu > ~sjamieso/Synthesis.htm#key%20features
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The Purdue Online Writing Lab, Annotated bibliographies at
http://owl.english.purdue.edu > owl/resource/614/01/
Chapter 11: Two principles of good academic writing
Weaselwords at http://www.weaselwords.com.au
Chapter 12: Grammar, punctuation and spelling
Cambridge advanced learner’s dictionary at http://dictionary.cambridge.org
Alan Cooper’s webpage of homophones at http://www.cooper.com >
alan/homonym.html
About.com: English as 2nd language. Articles: The/a/an at http://esl.about.com >
od/beginningenglish/ig/Basic-English/Articles.htm
Frankfurt International School, Articles at http://esl.fis.edu >
grammar/rules/article.htm
Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University, How to use articles at
http://owl.english.purdue.edu > owl/resource/540/01
ONLINE LANGUAGE LABS AND GRAMMAR EXERCISES
An online version of William Strunk’s The elements of style at
http://www.bartley.com/141
Capital Community College in Hartford, Connecticut, US, publishes a very detailed
website called the Guide to grammar & writing at http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu >
grammar
Diana Hacker’s website A writer’s reference, 6th edition at
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/writersref6e/Player/Pages/Main.aspx
Paul Brians’s Common errors in English published on the Washington State
University website at http://www.wsu.edu > ~brians/errors/index.html
Paul Brians’s list of common misspellings at http://www.wsu.edu >
~brians/errors/misspelled.html
Learn English at http://www.learning English.be/index.html
Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL) at http://owl.english.purdue.edu > owl
The Australian National University’s Academic skills and learning centre website
includes a comprehensive page on sentence structure and punctuation at
https://academicskills.anu.edu.au > resources/handouts/guide-punctuationacademic-writing
The Internet TESL Journal’s Self-study grammar quizzes at http://www.a4esl.org >
grammar.html
University of New South Wales, The Learning Centre, Online academic skills
resources at http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au > olib.html
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The Literacy education online (LEO) site of St Cloud State University, Minnesota, at
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/catalogue.html
The UniLearning academic writing website is situated within the University of
Wollongong’s website at http://unilearning.uow.edu.au
ONLINE DICTIONARIES AND THESAURUSES
Cambridge advanced learner’s dictionary at http://dictionary.cambridge.org
Longman dictionary of contemporary English at http://www.ldoceonline.com
Merriam-Webster’s dictionary and thesaurus at http://www.merriam-webster.com
OneLook® dictionary search searches more than 100 dictionaries and thesauruses
in one search at http://www.onelook.com
Oxford advanced learner’s dictionary at http://www.oup.com
Thesaurus.com, an online version of Roget’s Thesaurus at
http://thesaurus.reference.com
Chapter 13: Interpersonal skills
Global Development Research Center, Building bridges between citizens and local
governments to work more effectively together through managing conflict and
differences at http://www.gdrc.org > decision/BuildingBridges.pdf
Queensland Government’s Disability Services, A way with words: Guidelines for the
portrayal of people with a disability at http://www.communities.qld.gov.au >
resources/disability/community-involvement/communication/documents/way-withwords.pdf
Chapter 14: Intercultural communication
Charles Sturt University is situated in Wiradjuri country in New South Wales and runs
an Indigenous Australian student services group. See http://www.csu.edu.au >
division/studserv/indigenous-services/home
Australian Indigenous Health Infonet website 2013, maintained by staff at Edith
Cowan University at http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au
Curtin University library's Indigenous Cultural Competency (ICC) LibGuide,2013 at
http://libguides.library.curtin.edu.au > indigenous-cultural-competency
Flinders University, Inclusive Language Guide at http://www.flinders.edu.au > equalopportunity/tools_resources/publications/inclusive_language.cfm
State Government of Victoria, Department of Human Services, 2009. Aboriginal
cultural competence framework at http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/ >
http://www.cyf.vic.gov.au/indigenous-initiatives
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Chapter 15: Teamwork
Deakin University’s ‘Working in Groups’ at http://www.deakin.edu.au > currentstudents/study-support/study-skills/handouts/groups.php
Chapter 16: Presentations
James Cook University’s oral presentations at http://www.jcu.edu.au >
tldinfo/learningskills/oral
Brainy Betty at http://www.brainybetty.com > terms.htm
The Academic Skills Program at the University of Canberra has easy-to-follow
advice at http://www.canberra.edu.au > studyskills/learning/oral
The Australian Catholic University has a very comprehensive website on how to
create a successful oral presentation at http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au >
research/orals/index.htm
University of South Australia, Teaching and Learning Unit, has some helpful hints
about oral presentations at http://www.unisa.edu.au >
ltu/students/study/oral/default.asp
Chapter 17: Where to from here?
Curtin University’s ‘Student Wellbeing and Advisory Service’ at
http://unilife.curtin.edu.au > student_wellbeing_service.htm
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