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International Student Guide: Study Skills

The university library gives a warm welcome to all international students, especially to new students who in the UK for the first time.

Study Skills support

The library runs drop-in sessions throughout the week in the Learning Development room on the ground floor of the Library.  Come along for help with:

  • Research
  • Writing Skills
  • Referencing.

Study Skills books

Understanding your reading list - online module

This online tutorial provides guidance on understanding your reading list.  It contains audio and video content.

Plagiarism: Promoting academic integrity

This short tutorial explains what plagiarism is and also gives you tips on how to avoid it: from good note-taking through to referencing.

Punctuation

This short activity offers advice on when to use common forms of punctuation and tests your knowledge of commas, semi-colons, colons and apostrophes. It takes about 20 minutes to complete it in full.

If you're using this tutorial on a mobile device you'll need to download the Articulate Mobile Player app for Apple or Android first.

Test your punctuation online tutorial

More to Life than Google

This interactive module from the University Library will introduce you to searching for academic sources further than just on Google.