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Books about academic writing

Search in Primo to find books on academic writing and thesis writing. Search for e.g. "academic writing". Limit your search to Books. Revise the search by adding search terms if you are searching for books about a certain research method or within a certain topic (like business) . Filter to Fulltext for e-books and to the Library for print books. Filter to Available in the Library for books that are not lent out.

Phrase bank for academic writing

Academic Phrasebank is a comprehensive resource in which you get examples of phrases and formulations to use in your thesis. From the University of Manchester.

Writing and referencing

On this page, you will find information on references and how properly citing references can help you to avoid plagiarism.

The purpose of referencing

When writing essays and other works at the university, it is important to cite the sources (for example, books, articles, web pages, images) you have used

The main reasons why accurate referencing is necessary:

  • To give credit to the originators of the sources that you use
  • To show that you build your work on relevant and reputable sources
  • To position your own work in relation to previous research or previous design
  • To support your reasoning and conclusions
  • To help the reader to locate the sources, check the information, and read more
  • To avoid plagiarism
     

There are different referencing styles. If you are studying Textile and Fashion Management, you should use the style known as Harvard. Harvard is not a standardised system, which means that different guides have different recommendations. Therefore, it is important that you keep to one certain guide throughout your work. 

Guide to the Harvard System on Referencing - York St John University

York St John University Harvard Referencing Guide

The recommendations in this guide is quite similar to UB's Harvardguide.

Guide to the Harvard System on Referencing - Anglia Ruskin University

Anglia Ruskin University Library Guide to the Harvard System of Referencing is a comprehensive guide, available as a web version and in PDF format. 

Referencing management systems – EndNote

EndNote - information and guides.

EnNote helps you to collect and organise references, insert text references, and create bibliographies in your paper.

UB Harvardguide

Harvardguiden

 

Paraphrasing and quoting

This is a film about how to refer to sources by paraphrasing and quoting.

By David Taylor (3:13 min.)

Plagiarism

Literature tips - referencing and plagiarism