A Short Guide to Academic Writing by Excellent, concise guide from the Student Learning Centre. It covers the purpose of reviewing literature, recording searches, taking notes and evaluating the literature, structuring and writing the review, as well as linking it to other parts of your thesis.
Step-by-step guide to writing a scientific literature review, from Monash University.
Online tutorials, videos, and other quick guides on academic skills such as finding scholarly information and writing scientific reports.
Website with information about courses and resources to support academic skill development for students
The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material as a free service to students, members of the community, and users worldwide.
University of Otago's dishonest practice information webpage
Evaluating and thinking critically about sources of information are important skills to develop and apply while undertaking research.
Not all information is reliable and appropriate for academic work, and not all information is relevant to your particular topic.
You should challenge and reflect on information that you find; don’t just accept everything you read.
Work through this tutorial to develop your skills in evaluating information that you find online:
Or apply these terms to assess if the information you have found answers your research question.
Currency
Reliability
Authority
Purpose/Point of view
Work through this tutorial to develop your skills in evaluating information that you find online:
SIFT - Evaluating Information Tutorial
Even though the library databases are good sources of information, we still need to evaluate that information before we decide to use it. You can do this by asking the following questions:
For more information and resources, check out the ‘Evaluating information: additional resources’ box at the bottom of this page.
A citation style (or referencing style) is a standardised way of crediting the materials used in your research (and avoiding plagiarism). Ask your lecturer if you are unsure which style to use.
APA Citation Style
APA is the citation style established by the American Psychological Association.
Concise Guide to APA Style by 
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by If you find a great article on your topic, you can use a citation database to track down related articles.
The University of Otago takes plagiarism seriously. These resources will help you understand what plagiarism is and how to avoid it.
Use Endnote to organise your references, cite them in papers, upload and annotate PDFs, and automatically generate bibliographies - in the citation style of your choice.
EndNote order form for current students
EndNote is free for students and staff at Otago.
Managing Your References: EndNote
This LibGuide tab provides links to short instructional videos and more.
Online EndNote tutorials from Endnote Product Support
