Zotero Tutorial 2: Searching databases and importing references

Posted on 21 June 2025 by Alexis Constantinou

The second in a series of four tutorials introducing the main features of the Zotero reference management software. This tutorial will guide you through the process of: – finding appropriate bibliographic databases – searching for and exporting references via LibrarySearch, Scopus and Google Scholar – importing references into Zotero – manually adding references
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Zotero Tutorial 3: Working with your Zotero references

Posted on 20 June 2025 by Alexis Constantinou

The third in a series of four tutorials introducing the main features of the Zotero reference management software.This tutorial will guide you through the process of: – organising, searching, and editing your references – automatically formatting references to your chosen style (e.g. Cardiff University Harvard) – opening, adding and deleting PDFs
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Zotero Tutorial 4: Zotero and Microsoft Word

Posted on 19 June 2025 by Alexis Constantinou

The last in a series of four tutorials introducing the main features of the Zotero reference management software.This tutorial will guide you through the process of: – citing references within Word documents – changing the citation style – building an automated bibliography of cited works
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Understanding your assessment task

Posted on 31 May 2025 by Neil Pollock

This is a Xerte tutorial aimed at postgraduate taught level students. It covers: why we have assessment criteria what is expected of you when completing an assignment how to approach an assignment question, and how to plan your writing and research. This tutorial is part of the Writing at Postgraduate Level suite.
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Reflective thinking and writing

Posted on 30 May 2025 by Neil Pollock

A guide to help you develop your reflective practice. In this tutorial we are going to help you: Understand what reflective practice is and why it’s important Identify when reflective practices can be useful Implement reflective practice techniques (based on established reflective models and theory) Develop your reflective writing, for both your academic work and
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Effective notemaking

Posted on 29 May 2025 by Rebecca Mogg

Strategies for taking and making notes to support your studies.
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Creating a mindmap

Posted on 28 May 2025 by admin

A customisable PowerPoint slide featuring an example of how you can create a mindmap to help plan a search for information on a topic.
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Understanding essays

Posted on 27 May 2025 by Neil Pollock

This interactive tutorial looks at what essays are, why we write them, and what is involved in writing an essay. This resource is part of the Essay survival guide series of tutorials written for undergraduate students.
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Interpreting the question

Posted on 26 May 2025 by Neil Pollock

This interactive tutorial guides students through the process of interpreting their essay title. It looks at directional verbs and key words as well as examining the assessment criteria. This resource is part of the Essay survival guide series of tutorials written for undergraduate students
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Researching and Reading critically

Posted on 26 May 2025 by Alexis Constantinou

This interactive tutorial gives an overview of how to research and read critically when preparing to write an essay. It guides students through the process of identifying what to search for, how and where to search, and how to critically read and evaluate the quality of the information they find. This resource is part of
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