Category Archives: Author

Writing in specific disciplines

Posted on 7 November 2019 by SLT

The UAB Language Service has published Guides for Writing in Specific Disciplines to help students and lecturers communicate effectively within their academic fields.

The guides are published in Catalan and English (and adapted to reflect conventions in these languages) and cover the following fields: law, geography, biology, chemistry, education, medicine and economics.

The guides discuss the communicative peculiarities of the discipline, give a brief description of the text types within it and provide guidelines on writing conventions and links to other resources.

They are available through the UAB Digital Repository of Documents.

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      The guides are published in both Catalan and English.
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Writing reports

Posted on 19 December 2017 by SLT

The University of Leicester’s guide to Writing reports was written to provide a general introduction to writing reports. It outlines the typical structure of a report and provides a step by step guide to producing reports that are clear and well structured.

 

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      A guide to writing reports for university students, A guide to writing reports for university students
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Wiley author resources

Posted on 11 October 2017 by Alan Lounds

 

 

 

Wiley Author Resources provide comprehensive support for research writing. The sections include resources on search engine optimization, publication ethics and guidelines on manuscript preparation.

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      A wide range of resources for authors and editors
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Academic Writing in English

Posted on 22 November 2016 by SLT

UCLUCL’s AWE is a complete course in academic writing, designed to help you improve your academic writing for a variety of purposes. AWE will help you to compose essays, experimental reports, dissertations and academic articles.

It includes a self-learning course covering the creative process of academic writing, interactive exercises, checklists for reviewing your critical thinking, your arguments and your work as a whole, and a glossary of important terms.

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      Avaiable for PC, iPhone and Android
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The Urban Conservation Glossary

Posted on 17 November 2016 by SLT

UoDThe Urban Conservation Glossary was produced by Neil Grieve as a teaching tool for use on the postgraduate course on European Urban Conservation. It is produced in conjunction with Urban & Regional Planning, University of Dundee. The Glossary includes definitions and illustrations of terms related to conservation of the built environment.

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      A useful reference for students and scholars of architecture and urbanism.
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How to Write a Paper

Posted on 15 September 2016 by SLT

WriteAPaperA brief manual written by Mike Ashby of the Engineering Department, University of Cambridge. It is designed to help those struggling with their first paper, or those who have written several but find it difficult. It takes as a model a typical Materials project: one combining experiment with modelling and computation to explain some aspect of material behaviour. The manual deals with structure, style, register, punctuation and grammar.

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      Explains how to write a paper, from concept to final draft.
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Hyperstat Online

Posted on 4 March 2016 by SLT

vlabThe Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics offers Hyperstat Online, an online statistics book Complied by David M. Lane of Rice University with links to other statistics resources on the web. It includes a Statistics Glossary with explanations and examples.

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      A very complete resource for researchers, translators and author's editors
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Indiana University of Pennsylvania Writing Center

Posted on 4 February 2016 by SLT

IUPThe Resources for Writers section of the IUP Writing Center offers a wide range of resources for student writers. They include tips on planning and structuring a text, grammar and punctuation, document sections and types (essays, papers and theses) and sample documents. The site even has a video on how to set up a blog.

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      A special section for multilingual writers
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Tesaurus de termes de recerca

Posted on 21 September 2015 by Alan Lounds

termes de recercaEl Tesaurus de termes de recerca conté prop de deu mil termes corresponents a les paraules clau i termes relacionats de l’àmbit de la recerca universitària, accessibles a partir d’un cercador i també d’una llista temàtica.

Cada fitxa conté les denominacions en català i en anglès, tot i que en alguns casos també s’hi inclouen equivalències en castellà, francès i alemany, i definicions. A més, en cada fitxa es recull una o més àrees temàtiques d’aplicació.

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      Termes d’àmbits innovadors en la recerca universitària.
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Lèxic panllatí del desenvolupament sostenible

Posted on 27 July 2015 by SLT

El Vocabulari panllatí de desenvolupament sostenible, elaborat per diferents membres de la Xarxa Panllatina de Terminologia (Realiter), conté 292 conceptes de l’àmbit del medi ambient, amb equivalents en vuit idiomes: francès, català, espanyol, gallec, italià, portuguès, romanès i anglès, amb les definicions en francès i categories gramaticals.

Recurs útil tant per a traductors com per a especialistes del camp de la sostenibilitat.

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      Recurs útil tant per a traductors com per a especialistes del camp de la sostenibilitat.
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