Resources in English for students writing their bachelor and master’s thesis

Tove Forslund, Learning Centretove.forslund@abo.fi, www.abo.fi/lc/

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Information retrieval and data collection

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Information retrieval

Short courses in information retrieval and RefWorks– For dates and times, see:

www.abo.fi/personal/kurskatalog

Tailor made sessions for groups (library in cooperation with teacher)

Organiser: Åbo Akademi Library

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Online guide to information retrieval www.abo.fi/bibliotek/en/bibkurs

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Equipment to borrow

From the Learning Centre in ASA-building/Åbo you can borrow dictaphones and a video camera for interviews

Booking through Resource booking (Student-portal > Tools)

www.abo.fi/stodenhet/en/lcutrustning

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Web survey tool

E-lomake: the web survey tool available for Åbo Akademi staff and students

Login: Student-portal > Tools User guides:

www.abo.fi/stodenhet/en/elomake

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The writing process

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Academic Writing

Individual Academic Text Consultation – a complementary service for ÅAU students who

would like opinions about, and assistance with, the language of their theses before submitting these for a language check.

– www.abo.fi/stodenhet/csktextconsultation Language checking:

www.abo.fi/stodenhet/csklanguagecheck

Responsible unit: Centre for Language and Communication

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IT-courses and help

Short courses in MS Word, PowerPoint & Excel and E-lomake – For dates and times, see:

www.abo.fi/personal/kurskatalog

Individuell support for Word and e-lomake– contact Learning Centre, larcentret@abo.fi

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Material about plagiarism and the correct use of references

www.abo.fi/student/en/etik_plagiat

Procedures for Handling Cases of Plagiarism at ÅAU Instructions for having your thesis/assignment checked

for plagiarism NB! Support material for avoiding plagiarism

– Videos on writing essays and the correct use of references:

– Part 1: What is science and my relation as a student to it?

– Part 2: How to take notes for an academic essay/thesis and a little referencing.

– Part 3: How to organize your essay/thesis and how to read academic material in order to write an excellent essay/thesis.

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E-exam for maturity exams

Ask your teacher if you can do you maturity exam as an e-exam, i.e. at any time during work days 8 am -10/8 pm in the e-exam room in Åbo or Vasa

See www.abo.fi/student/en/etent

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Extra support

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The study psychologist at the Learning Centre

Do you feel that the work with your thesis does not progress as it should? – contact the study psychologist at the

Learning Centre, studiepsykolog@abo.fi– www.abo.fi/student/en/studiepsykolog

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For resources in Swedish, seewww.abo.fi/stodenhet/gradu

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