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10 Dissertation Tips: Research Resources

Carrying out research is one of the most important stages of writing your masters dissertation. Our article on research resources opens up a wealth of options for the dissertation researcher, with information and advice on a whole range of different resources available, and tips on how to use them for the best possible results.
Be sure to use them for an outstanding, top-class masters dissertation.

Top 10 dissertation tips: archive research

Amongst the various research strategies available for masters dissertations, archive research is one of the most valuable and enriching. Our short guide explains the definition and function of an archive, and outlines key methods for archive research to add depth and quality to your masters dissertation writing.
An archive is a collection of documents and records that have been preserved due to their cultural, historical.......

Essay writing guide to Word

Before university, you may have been able to submit handwritten essays. Once you start your university course your essay has to be typed on A4 paper. If you haven’t started to get to grips with computing software that improves the essay format, then now is the time to learn about Word. By learning just a few commands you will have enough information to type up your essay, save it and print it. Here are a few notes on Word 2007 to help you put your essay in typed format.

Exam technique tips

Exam technique top tips

It's that time of year again; exams are looming and students are looking for top exam technique tips to help them really make the most of the revision they have done when they get into the exam room. Essay writing itself is a skill with many techniques, but exam essay technique has several important differences - writing a long essay over several days with your texts in front of you is quite a different matter than trying to cram in all the facts you have learned into a single exam essay in a one or two hour paper.

Essay help – by remote e-learning

Virtual learning environments or course management systems have become popular with many higher education colleges. A software package can be used by thousands of educational bodies worldwide (e.g. Blackboard is used by over 3700 colleges and other educational bodies). These systems provide software which tutors can use to upload course information and the more sophisticated platforms allow tutors to set up a forum for each course, so that classmates can discuss the course or essay writing remotely.