Writing

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• LLSU Pamphlets
• LLSU Booklets
• Useful links on writing

Free Pamphlets to Download

Download a copy of one of our useful study pamphlets online:

These pamphlets are also available in hard copy from LLSU

Our booklets

Collect a copy of these booklets for $2.50 (inclusive of GST) at LLSU:

• Tertiary Essay Writing
• Avoiding Plagiarism
• Honours

Tertiary Essay Writing

This booklet outlines the ten common steps involved in essay writing:

• make time
• choose a topic
• analyse the question
• brainstorm
• plan
• research
• revise the plan
• write the first draft
• edit
• submit

Avoiding Plagiarism.

This booklet is available from LLSU for $2.50 inclusive of GST.

View the following excerpts from Avoiding Plagiarism.

The booklet includes further information on:

• using sources correctly
• referencing styles
• integrating quotations
• strategies fro avoiding plagiarism
• frequently asked questions

Honours

This booklet is for students undertaking their honours year.

It includes information on:

• choosing a compatible supervisor
• getting started
• structuring your thesis
• managing your time
• reading effectively
• writing the literature review
• editing
• staying motivated
• submitting your thesis

Useful Links

• essays and assignment writing
• online dictionaries
• grammar

Essays and Assignment Writing

A comprehensive site on all aspects of writing from writing effective sentences to detailed aspects of writing reports and essays.

Purdue University Online writing lab: The Owl
An extremely comprehensive online writing laboratory. Includes handouts and exercises for students on all aspects of writing including grammar and punctuation, materials for ESL students and links to style manuals.

The Hypertext Writer's Guide from the University of Victoria, Canada.
This site contains over 300 virtual "handouts" on all aspects of writing, including essay writing and different types of essays, paragraph and sentence structure, word usage, documentation conventions, literary terms, writing summaries, logic, punctuation, and grammar.

Writing as a Graduate Student in Health and Nursing

This site from the University of Western Sydney contains 5 modules on different aspects of writing:preparing to write , features of successful writing, sustaining an argument , features of an abstract and referencing. The information is useful forall students, although the examples are specifically focused on health and nursing issues.

Writing a Literature Review

This resource from RMIT, Bundoora, provides you with tips and guidelines for researching and writing a literature review.

Elements of Style by William Strunk.

This classic reference book is very useful for any student and conscientious writer. It gives a brief overview of the principal requirements of plain English style and concentrates attention on the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated. Also includes a list of words and expressions commonly misused and words commonly mis-spelled.

Papers:Expectations, Guidelines, Advice, and Grading
Written by two English Professors from the University of Toronto, Canada.
Useful information on argumentation and linkage of ideas.

Online Dictionaries

A Web of Online Dictionaries
Language Dictionaries and Translators

Webster's Online Dictionary

Roget's Thesaurus

Grammar

Darling's Guide to Good Grammar
A comprehensive guide to all aspects of grammar and syntax.

The Blue book of Grammar and Punctuation.
An easy to use self guide to find answers to your questions concerning grammar

More resources on grammar