Research Skills

Research Skills Training

The Learning Centre, which is part of the University's Student Services, assists students to develop the generic skills which are necessary for learning and communicating knowledge and ideas at university.
The Learning Centre runs courses in Academic Reading and Writing and Postgraduate Research Skills.
These courses are free of charge to University of Sydney Students. Time table and list of courses is available from the learning Centre homepage
url:http://www.usyd.edu.au/lc/

Research Plan Template
You may find it useful to use this research plan template for recording search strategies and results of your database searches.
url:http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/subjects/researchplan.pdf

EndNote
EndNote is bibliographic management software that lets you organise your references and build bibliographies. The University of Sydney has a site licence that makes the software available to University of Sydney staff and students.
url:http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/databases/endnotex/

Copyright

Links to information on copyright can be found at:
url:http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/subjects/readyref/copyright.html

Citation and Style Guides

Information on sources for citation and documentation can be found at:
url:http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/subjects/readyref/citing.html

Academic Honesty

You should be aware of the University's policies regarding academic honesty, also known as plagiarism.

Faculty of Architecture statement on Plagiarism
url:http://www.arch.usyd.edu.au/CS/plagiarism.shtml

University of Sydney policy on Academic Honesty
Academic Honesty Policy

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