OERu learner support/Help resources/Working on assignments

Working on assignments can be scary, especially if you haven't written one for a while or are new to tertiary study.

This page provides resources you will find useful to help you research, structure, draft and write your assignments.

• Essays and assignments
• Report writing
• Reflective practice
• Searching for information
• Literature Reviews
• Referencing

There is a lot of material that can be found on the web to assist you with academic English.

Below is a set of links which will act as a starting point. If you can't find what you need here, ask for help in the support or course forums.

Essays and assignments

• Essays (Otago Polytechnic)
• Essay Writing (Video) (Massey University)
• Assignments (Otago Polytechnic)
• Planning and Writing University Assignments (PDF) (Otago University Student Learning Centre)
• Writing for success (PDF) (Saylor)

Report writing

• Reports (Otago Polytechnic)
• Report writing (Video) (Massey University)
• Business reports (Otago Polytechnic)
• Case study reports (Otago Polytechnic)

Reflective practice

• [http://studentservices.op.ac.nz/learning-support/reflective-practice/ Reflective practice) (Otago Polytechnic)
• Reflective writing Three podcasts (Leeds Beckett University)

Searching for information

• Searching for information (Otago Polytechnic)
• 5 tips for better searching (Smithsonian Libraries)
• Searching on the Net (PDF) (Queensland University of Technology Library)

Literature Reviews

• Literature reviews What is it and how to undertake one.
• The literature review (Video) (Massey University)
• Literature review overview (RMIT)
• Doing a literature review (Video) (University of Reading)
• Annotated bibliographies (Otago Polytechnic)

Referencing

• Citing and referencing (Otago Polytechnic)
• Zotero: a free personal research assistant that allows you to store reference information. It helps you collect, organise, cite, and share your research sources.
• Mendeley: allows you to organise, read and annotate documents in one place. You can import documents directly from the Web.