Let your sources' bibliographies do your searching for you Do you often feel like you’re searching for sources in the all the wrong places? Or maybe you’ve been able to locate one or […]
Let your sources' bibliographies do your searching for you Do you often feel like you’re searching for sources in the all the wrong places? Or maybe you’ve been able to locate one or […]
Tips for saving webpages, blogs, and articles We all know people who prefer to print things they find online before reading them. For me, it’s my father. I had to […]
Three Solutions for Inadvertent Pilers Are your stacks of papers and books growing at such an alarming rate that you're worried about being buried alive if they ever topple over? […]
And other questions regarding self-citation You’re an undergraduate student with a double major in Political Science and Chinese Studies. You write a research paper for one of your Political Science […]
Use summaries to better understand difficult academic texts On Monday morning my co-worker asked me about my weekend, as he always does. I replied, “I went to a friend’s place […]
Stop pulling all-nighters for good “Guess I’ll just have to pull another all-nighter,” was a phrase I said all-too-often during my studies. It seemed that whenever a test was coming […]
Two approaches for starting your writing sessions Now that it’s summer, if you’re a graduate and postgraduate student, you’re likely settling in to a writing routine to try to make progress on your dissertation. When your schedule is more flexible, it can sometimes be […]
Don't buckle under the strain of your thesis or other large endeavor! Start feeling better now with our tips. After grad school I thought the days of sobbing over a paper I couldn’t bring myself to start were behind me. Then, last year I started a continuing education course to improve my skills in an area I had little experience in: video. With the fun and exhilaration of acquiring new skills came […]
Our 6 top tips for a successful new semester A new academic year is a great chance to start over. It’s a time to say goodbye to the bad habits […]
All about Academic Writing Month For many academics, the month of November is associated with making progress on a writing goal. In this blog post, we’ll discuss why that is, […]
8 strategies that can help Nearly all of us have been there: sitting in front of the blank page not knowing where to start, a growing knot in our stomach and […]
How to make sure you don't forget anything important Is the deadline for your research paper or thesis getting closer and closer? In an ideal world you’d already be finished […]
