Academic resources

Lund University-specific guides

• Academic Writing in English at Lund University (AWELU) is an excellent online resource for all students and staff writing texts in English. It explains text types, the writing process, grammar issues, referencing, academic integrity, and other writing-related concerns.
  AWELU website
   
• Hints on Layout and Style was written by Helen Sheppard in 2015.
  Hints of Layout and Style – for Writers of Dissertations and Theses at the Faculties of Science, Engineering and Medicine, Lund University (PDF 1 MB, new tab)
   
• Do not underestimate the knowledge of your librarians. Ask them questions about referencing, starting research, or navigating the library’s website. Don’t miss the 'subject guides' with information specific to your programme
  Lund University Libraries website

General writing-related topics

Online

• Harvard Writes is one of our favourite resources, this website decodes academic writing expectations by focusing on argument, stakes, structure, and evidence, including videos, example texts and exercises for multiple disciplines. Start here for an overview of why academics write and the essential elements of all academic writing.
  Harvard Writes
   
• The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) was launched in 1994 by Purdue University as the world’s first online writing lab and has been widely successful. The website features information on many writing-related topics, from overcoming writer’s block to grammar instruction to revision strategies to visual rhetoric. Use this resource!     
  Purdue Online Writing Lab website
   
• The Writing Center at the University of North Carolina offers a host of tips on tools on paper writing, citation, style, as well as specific writing assignment types and writing for specific fields. 
  The Writing Center website
   
• The Harvard College Writing Center offers guides to writing papers in several different disciplines as well as general strategies for essay writing.
  Harvard College Writing Center website
   
• On the Grammar Girl website, you will find lots of writing tips, including short and friendly grammar rules and word choice guidelines.
  Grammar Girl website
   
• Research 101 by Ithaca College Library offers guides and tutorials about evaluating and citing sources, and much more.
  Research 101 on the Ithaca College Library website

Print

• Becoming an Academic Writer: 50 Exercises for Paced, Productive, and Powerful Writing by Patricia Goodson (2013).
• Grammar Choices for Graduate and Professional Writers by Nigel. A. Caplan (2015).
• Just Write It! How to develop top-class university writing skills by Greta Solomon (2013).
• Line by Line: How to Edit Your Own Writing by Claire Kehrwald Cook (1985).
• Scientific Writing and Communication: Papers, Proposals, and Presentations by Angelika H. Hofmann (2014).
• Scientists Must Write: a guide to better writing for scientists, engineers and students by Robert Barrass (2002).
• Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace by Joseph Williams (2007).
• The Sense of Structure: Writing from the Reader’s Perspective by George D. Gopen (2004).
• They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing by Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein (2010).
• Writing With Power: Techniques for Mastering the Writing Process by Peter Elbow (1998).

Study skills

Online

• Cmap – free software for constructing and sharing concepts maps, a useful tool for visually structuring the relationship between abstract concepts. 
• 'Learning (Your First Job)' by Robert Leamnson (2002) – PDF document online – a short essay that we recommend you read at the beginning of your studies. It includes great advice in line with how our brains learn. If you develop the research-based habits suggested here in the beginning of your studies, you’re likely to remember and understand more, meaning you’ll find your studies to be especially rewarding. 
• Useful Handouts and Study Strategies, at Princeton University's McGraw Center for Teaching & Learning webpage. These handouts include strategies for active reading, scheduling your time, overcoming perfectionism and procrastination, problem solving, and more.

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• Study Skills for International Postgraduates by Martin Davies (2011)
• The Study Skills Handbook by Stella Cottrell

Thesis/Dissertation writing

Online

• Explorations of Style blog — Written with graduates and post-graduates in mind, this blog tackles all kinds of issues in academic writing and “discusses strategies to improve the process of expressing our research in writing”. The posts are well-written and strike the perfect balance of theoretical contemplation and practical advice. This is one of the ASC’s favourite resources.        
• The Thesis Whisperer blog, “dedicated to helping research students everywhere.” The majority of posts are geared toward PhD students, with topics like 'you and your supervisor' and 'your career'.  Other topics including 'getting things done' and 'on writing' are relevant to both PhD and Master's students.

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• The Craft of Research by Wayne Booth, Gregory Colomb, and Joseph Williams (2008).
• Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day by Joan Bolker (1998).
• Writing the Successful Thesis and Dissertation: Entering the Conversation by Irene L. Clark (2007).