Ling 402: Academic Discourse Practices
Study Guides
The references that follow are a preliminary list of books that provide guidance in writing at university. Do send us the names of guides that you find useful and we will continue to update the list during the year.
Useful links:
Keeping Useful Records of Your Reading: Introduction
Notetaking in lectures - practising strategies
Some suggested study guides:
Creme, P. and Lea, M.R. (1997) Writing at university: a guide for students, Buckingham: Open University Press.
Fairburn, J. and Fairburn, A. (2001) Reading at university, Buckingham: Open University Press
Harvey, G. (1998) Writing with sources: a guide for students, Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Maimon, E.P. and Peritz, J.H. (2003) A writer's resource: a handbook for writing and research, New York: McGraw-Hill.
Redman, P. et al. (1998) Good essay writing: a social sciences guide, Milton Keynes: The Open University.
Dissertation guides:
Bell, J. (1993) Doing your research project: a guide for first-time researchers in Education and Social Science, Buckingham: Open University Press.
Cooley, L. and Lewkowicz, J. (2003) Dissertation writing in practice, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
Hart, C. (1998) Doing a literature review, London: Sage Publications Ltd.
Hart, C. (2001) Doing a literature search, London: Sage Publications Ltd.
Hart, C. (2005) Doing your Masters dissertation, London: Sage Publications Ltd.
Last modified on 2 November, 2006