Study Skills Revision Test

Essays

Reports

Listening Practise

Presentations

True

False

Continuous process of review, re-evaluation & revision

Defining the research task / research questions

Knowing where to look for information

Using suitable material and sources

Managing and storing information

Books / journals / specialist subject collections / databases / media

Library catalogue search: UWS: OneSearch

Library support: campus librarians / subject specialist librarian

A fellow student's work who has agreed to share it with you

Asking yourself: how can I paraphrase this text?

Asking yourself: is this text interesting and engaging?

Asking yourself: Why am I reading this text? What do I need from it?

Always ask, ‘Why am I including this source in my work?’ How is it relevant to my piece of work?’

Always ask, 'Does it support my argument? / Does it provide relevant evidence to my claims?'

Select the best / most relevant material to include: focus on quality

Summarise and paraphrase the sources - use your own words

Using others’ work in your work without acknowledgement

Paraphrasing and adding an in-text citation

Presenting others’ ideas as if they were your own

Using a friend's work but changing the vocabulary

Copying and pasting from other sources

True

False

You need to use more than personal opinion and generalised claims in academic work

You need to draw on reliable, expert sources to support your own ideas, provide evidence for your claims, etc.

Demonstrates that you have developed a deep understanding of a topic, read around the subject and have analysed and evaluated different arguments, theories and concepts related to the topic.

Currency, Recentness, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose

Criticality, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose

Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose