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Thesaurus.com - The world's favorite online thesaurus!

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Thesaurus.com is the world's largest and most trusted online thesaurus for 25+ years. Join millions of people and grow your mastery of the English language.

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You may be great at writing, but need a little guidance on the best way to manage your reading. Or perhaps you love to give presentations but are not so sure about referencing. Or feel you'd be confident with all of your skills, if only you could find the time to get things done!

Our Study Guides and Video Tutorials provide expert advice on developing all of the academic skills and practices you will need to succeed at university.

The Study Guides are research-informed and peer-evaluated, covering all the key aspects of each topic.

We also have guides aimed at particular student groups, including new undergraduates, postgraduates, mature and international students, and those with dyslexia and other specific learning difficulties.

Our Video Tutorials are brief (around 5 minute) screencasts which you can watch whenever you have a few minutes to spare.

Study Smart

If you are a new undergraduate based on the Reading campus, you will be invited to join our online course, Study Smart. This brief online course, developed by the Study Advice team, aims to give you the best possible preparation for studying at university level and is exclusively available to University of Reading students. It focuses on three key areas of university-level study:

academic integrity (including reading, researching, and referencing);

communicating at university (including emails to your tutors, lectures and seminars, and academic writing for different disciplines including Maths and Science);

independent learning (including managing your own time and workload successfully, and becoming an independent and critical thinker).

Completing the course will give you a headstart in your studies, and you can return to the course any time over your first year to remind yourself of what you've learnt.

View the Study Smart trailer.

BACK TO UNI

If you are a master's or returning student, you will be invited to join our online course, 'Back to Uni: Your Essential Guide to Flexible and Online Study' - a free, short online course tailored exclusively for you by the Study Advice team and academic and support staff from across the University . There have been some changes to the ways you will be learning post Covid-19. 'Back to Uni' will help you prepare for your return to study at the University of Reading. The course will provide vital information on how you will be studying this term, including advice on how to make the most of face-to-face interactive sessions and online core content, as well as developing your study skills to adapt to learning online.

To get the maximum benefit, we recommend you complete the course before the term begins.

Click here for Back to Uni course information

list of study guides

The Academic Integrity Toolkit - an integrated guide to what you need to think about when writing, researching and referencing at university. Includes tips, video tutorials, links and exercises to test yourself.

Essay writing (See also our Video Tutorials on Essay Writing)

Report writing (See also our Video Tutorials on Report Writing)
Writing for Maths and Sciences
Dissertations and major projects (See also our Video Tutorials on Dissertations and Major Projects)

Literature reviews (See also our Video Tutorial on Doing Your Literature Review)

Citing references (See also our Video Tutorials on Referencing)

Managing your time (See also our Video Tutorials on Managing Your Time & Getting Things Done)
Academic writing
Reading and making notes (See also our Video Tutorials on Researching Your Assignments)
Lectures and seminars Giving presentations Practice-based and reflective learning
Preparing for exams (See also our Video Tutorials on Preparing for Exams)

There is also a separate page which lists all of our Video Tutorials.
Studying at Home
Guides for different student groups
Masters students Research postgraduates Study tips for commuter students Studying with dyslexia and other specific learning difficulties Studying as a mature student Studying as an international student Studying on the Study Abroad programme New to university?

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Explore the world's knowledge, cultures, and ideas Explore the world's knowledge, cultures, and ideas

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JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources.

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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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Are you a postgraduate student with a specific learning difficulty? We are conducting research into how Academic Phrasebank can be useful for postgraduate students who have specific learning difficulties. Would you like to assist with this project by taking part in an online interview? If so, please complete thisshort form. It will only take around one minute of your time.

This site was created by John Morley.

Academic Phrasebank is the Intellectual Property of the University of Manchester.

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Welcome to E APF OUNDATION.COM, a website dedicated to the needs of EAP students (and teachers). This page gives a brief guide to the main areas of the website and some of the important features. For more detailed information, such as what EAP is and who the website is for, visit the About section.

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Using English for Academic Purposes: Information and Advice for Students in Higher Education

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https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/alzsh3/acvocab/awlhighlighter.htm

Academic English
http://www.uefap.com/

EAP
http://www.eapfoundation.com/

Academic Phrasebank
http://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/

JSTOR
http://www.jstor.org/

Effective note-taking
https://www.reading.ac.uk/internal/studyadvice/StudyResources/Reading/sta-effective.aspx

synonym
http://www.thesaurus.com/

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