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Online support to help with essay writing including the use of paragraphs

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A web based resource to help with referencing within the reference list.

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The APA Reference Generator below will automatically create and format your citations in the APA Referencing style. Simply enter the details of the source you wish to cite and the generator will do the hard work for you, no registration is required!

To start referencing select the type of source you want to reference from the options below:

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The reference tools above are also a helpful learning tool for how to create your own references and if used in conjunction with our related referencing guides you should be up and creating your references and in-text citations in no time at all.

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The APA Reference Generator below will automatically create and format your citations in the APA Referencing style. Simply enter the details of the source you wish to cite and the generator will do the hard work for you, no registration is required!

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A resource to help you to reference within the reference list.

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Cite This For Me™ was launched in October 2010, we began with the mission of helping students quickly create citations. Since then, the Cite This For Me™ citation generator has assisted millions of students across the world including in the United Kingdom, Canada, United States, Australia, and beyond.

Our tools are designed to help you quickly prepare an entire bibliography or reference list. Even if you know very little about references, our forms and automatic citation features can help guide you through the process and tell you what information is needed. This means less guessing for you and an easier citation process!

Nearly any style you can think of is supported by the Cite This For Me™ citation generator, including Harvard referencing, APA (American Psychological Association) style, MLA (Modern Language Association) style, Chicago style, Vancouver, and thousands of others.

Citing isn't something you usually think about, but it's important nonetheless. You already do it in your everyday life without realising it. Have you ever said, "I heard on XYZ News that . . . ", or "I read in XYZ that those two celebrities are dating", or even "Mom said that you can't do that". By saying where you got your information, you are casually citing a source.

We do this because it gives credibility to what we say, but also because it credits the originator of the information. It also allows others to follow up if they need more information. Formal citing done for papers and projects takes this a step further. In addition to the reasons mentioned above, citing sources in academia provides evidence of your research process and helps you avoid plagiarism.

Plagiarism is a word you never want to hear describing your work. You've probably seen headlines in the news and heard stories in school about the negative consequences of plagiarism. It's not good but it is preventable. By creating references and citations with Cite This For Me™ tools you're taking steps to help avoid this.

Click the button "Create citations" to begin. You'll be prompted to choose a source type and guided through the rest of the citing process. For source types like websites, journal articles, and books, the Cite This For Me™ citation generator automatically tries to find your source's information based on details you provide. That could be anything from the author's name to the source's URL to the article's DOI number. This makes citing more efficient and helps you easily create references and citations for your paper in a timely manner.

Beyond simply creating references or citations, most citation styles have additional guidelines about paper formatting, in-text citations, and other details. Cite This For Me™ citation guides cover a lot of this additional information, so your paper is more properly prepped and less likely to get points taken off for these details. The guides cover several citation styles, but the most popular are Harvard referencing, APA format, MLA format, and Chicago style.

A good paper references several sources. Multiply that with the several papers most schools assign in a year, and you get dozens of sources that will need to be cited within your academic career. That's a lot of references to create, sort through, and keep track of.

That's where Cite This For Me™ Premium comes in. With a premium account you can cite as many sources as you want, organize the sources into bibliographies, and save ALL of those bibliographies so you can easily refer back to your references. It's a great way to manage your bibliographies and cite with confidence.

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Cite This For Me: Harvard, APA, MLA Reference Generator

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Automatic works cited and bibliography formatting for MLA, APA and Chicago/Turabian citation styles. Now supports 7th edition of MLA.

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Down loadable software that reads your work back to you

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Down loadable software that reads your work back to you

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There are a number of options that allow you to download software that will read your work back to you.  This enables you to find errors in spelling, punctuation and syntax and the general flow of the points that you are making in your work.  I have found two over the weekend. Please note:

I am not suggesting that you do download these apps, if you download them, this is your choice.

I do not know if downloading these apps will cause any problems with your own computer.

I do not know if you may also download any viruses as a result of this programme.

I am not responsible for anything that might happen as a result of downloading this app.  You do so at your own risk.

You cannot download these apps to the Universities computers.

Balabolka - this is a completely free download (as far as I can see), however, it was a little robotic and made it a little difficult to see where errors were. Link:  http://balabolka.en.softonic.com/

MWS Reader 5 - I used this software on my ethics proposal and I found many errors that I had not picked up during the drafting and editing stage.  There are a choice of four different 'voices' with different accents that you can choose from.  I chose the American one and it was a little robotic but human enough for me to spot the errors in punctuation, spelling and syntax.  This programme offers a limited free trial and then it is around £30 to purchase the package.  It works by highlighting a section of your text, and the programme reads it back to you.  I chose to do paragraph by paragraph, so that I could spot the errors and amend as I went along.
http://download.cnet.com/MWS-Reader/3000-33660_4-75998615.html

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Example of how you might plan an assignment. 

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Example of how you might plan an assignment. 

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This is an example of a plan from my own studies.

It is a much larger assignment than you have to write, and is only here as an example of how to plan your essays.

If it doesn't help, do not use it.  Everybody has different ways of doing assignments, this is my preferred choice.

I have started by looking at the assignment title and underlined the significant words.  This provides a starting point on the main focus for the assignment.

I have then looked at the word count and planned where I want to use the words.

I have then broken down the assignment into manageable bit sized pieces of what I want to discuss and the theories that I want to include.

This provides an outline for the assignment and helps to keep the focus clear.  It helps to stop you going off topic.

This is not a plan for your particular module, therefore cannot and should not be used as it is, to plan your individual assignment.  This particular Padlet page (assignment support) is used across the modules that I teach, therefore, I have chosen an assignment plan for a module that I do not teach, to help with structure only.

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Sandwich approach

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How to make an essay plan in just 5 minutes 

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How to make an essay plan in just 5 minutes 

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The SEXI approach :o)

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A Helpful Guide to Essay Writing!By Vivien Perutz

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A Helpful Guide to Essay Writing!By Vivien Perutz

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A useful guide on how to break down and structure assignments.

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This website is a useful tool to help you

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The Academic Phrasebank is a general resource for academic writers. It aims to provide you with examples of some of the phraseological 'nuts and bolts' of writing organised according to the main sections of a research paper or dissertation (see the top menu ). Other phrases are listed under the more general communicative functions of academic writing (see the menu on the left). The resource should be particularly useful for writers who need to report their research work. The phrases, and the headings under which they are listed, can be used simply to assist you in thinking about the content and organisation of your own writing, or the phrases can be incorporated into your writing where this is appropriate. In most cases, a certain amount of creativity and adaptation will be necessary when a phrase is used. The items in the Academic Phrasebank are mostly content neutral and generic in nature; in using them, therefore, you are not stealing other people's ideas and this does not constitute plagiarism. For some of the entries, specific content words have been included for illustrative purposes, and these should be substituted when the phrases are used. The resource was designed primarily for academic and scientific writers who are non-native speakers of English. However, native speaker writers may still find much of the material helpful. In fact, recent data suggest that the majority of users are native speakers of English. More about Academic Phrasebank.

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The Academic Phrasebank is a general resource for academic writers. It aims to provide you with examples of some of the phraseological 'nuts and bolts' of writing organised according to the main sections of a research paper or dissertation (see the top menu ).

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Consider punctuation, spelling and grammar.

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Consider punctuation, spelling and grammar.

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This is the transferable skills section of the marking grid and where many students loose marks.  Try the following link to help improve punctuation and grammar: