Guides: AcWriMo (Academic Writing Month): Writing resources

Writing resources love from the USC community

Planning for publishing and impact
These slides were presented at the AcWriMo workshop by the Library on 23rd November 2022.

Targeting journals - panel session
This recording was presented at the AcWriMo panel session by Academic Skills and guest speakers on 21st November 2022.
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Editing 101 (workshop)
These slides were presented at the AcWriMo workshop by Academic Skills on 31st October 2022
Copyright and presentation skills for confirmation
These slides were presented at the AcWriMo workshop by Academic Skills and Library on Monday 14th November 2022.
Writing a literature review (workshop)
These slides were presented at the AcWriMo workshop by Academic Skills on 7th November 2022

Using social media as a research
This recording was presented at the AcWriMo workshop by Academic Skills on 26th October 2022.
The password for this recording is &.7HURe+

Academic writing (workshop)
These slides were presented at the AcWriMo workshop by Academic Skills on 9th November 2021.
Structuring your thesis (workshop)
These slides were presented at the AcWriMo workshop by Academic Skills on 1st November 2021.
Submitting to a journal (workshop)
These slides were presented at the AcWriMo workshop by the Library on 17th November 2021.
Writing an abstract (workshop)
These slides were presented at the AcWriMo workshop by Academic Skills on 16th November 2021.

How to write 1000 words a day (and not go bat shit crazy)
A blog post from The Thesis Whisperer. Thanks to @sarahutchwrites for sharing via Twitter
10 uses for terrible first drafts
A blog post on Research Insiders. Thanks to @tseenster for sharing via Twitter.
Thesis by compilation - ANU
Explains what is a thesis by compilation and how you might approach its structure.
Mind mapping - University of Adelaide
Shows what is mind mapping and how to get started.
Academic Phrasebank
A resource for academic writers, the Phrasebank contains examples and sentence prompts according to main sections of a research paper.
Writefull
Language feedback software.

Writing a literature review
This is a workshop from Academic Skills at USC on Writing a literature review
Advanced Information Research Skills (AIRS) from QUT
This provides online resources for HDRs from QUT
American Dissertation Proposals
American Dissertation Proposals with examples across humanities, social science and science disciplines. They may be useful for ideas on structure, rhetorical moves and language for research proposals.
Doctoral writing SIG
DoctoralWritingSIG is a forum where people who are interested in doctoral writing can come together to share information, resources, ideas, dreams and create a research community
HDR Students Academic Skills at USC
This provides a link to a list of support and services provided at USC.
The Research Whisperer
The Research Whisperer is dedicated to the topic of doing research in academia. The blog talks about finding funding, research culture, and building academic track-records.
Systematic Quantitative Literature Review
Griffith University
The Thesis Whisperer
ANU's Director of Research, Inger Mewburn publishes tips and strategies for new researchers.

Endnote X9
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Resources For Researchers
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Systematic Reviews
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Trove This link opens in a new window
The National Library of Australia's free discovery service providing resources such as books, conference proceedings, thesis, images, journals, digitised newspapers and web sites on content related to Australia. Includes Australasian Digital Theses and Australian Research Online (ARO).
USC Research Bank This link opens in a new window
Institutional research repository for the University of the Sunshine Coast. Open access to university’s scholarly research output including content of the USC Herbarium.

More theses resources are available at Resources for Researchers guide under Searching the Literature