LibGuides: Computing Science & Mathematics: Writing Up

Word 2013: Creating Long Documents

Writing research essays

Essay writing resources: web sites

		Guide to everything you wanted to know about writing undergraduate essays. Created by the Royal Literary Fund.

		Writing skills support for dissertation writers and thesis writers. It’s not a conventional how-to guide, but rather provides a variety of voices. Created by the Royal Literary Fund.

		Useful website: Writing in Science, from Monash University

Writing Up: long documents and dissertations

Guide to Writing Up
See our Guide to Successfully Writing Long Documents plus the 'Example Use of Long Documents' - this is template document you can use as the basis of your dissertation/thesis

Writing a long, formal document such as a dissertation requires more care and greater preparation than writing short ones such as essays. As dissertation documents are used for assessment, there are often strict formatting requirements and layout instructions.

Dissertation MS Word Support Session
Make an appointment to get advice and support on using Microsoft Word for writing your dissertation or thesis
Doing your dissertation with Microsoft Word
This book is crammed with help on everything you need to know to create thesis formatting you can be proud of!
Enjoy Writing Your Science Thesis or Dissertation!: A Step by Step Guide to Planning and Writing a Thesis or Dissertation for Undergraduate and Graduate Science Students
This book gives practical advice about planning, writing, editing, presenting and submitting a successful dissertation or thesis

Essay writing resources: books

		Matthews, J.R. & Matthews, R.W. (2008). Successful scientific writing: A step-by-step guide for the biological and medical sciences. 3rd ed. Ebook

		Soles, D. (2005). The academic essay : how to plan, draft, revise and write essays. 2nd ed.

		Greetham, B. (2008). How to write better essays. 3rd ed.

		Clanchy, J. & Ballard, B. (1998). How to write essays: A practical guide for students. 3rd ed.

		Pechenik. Jan A. (2016). A short guide to writing about biology. 9th ed.

		Godwin, Janet (2009). Planning your essay.