1-2-1 appointments can be arranged with either a Learner Development Advisor or your Academic Support Librarian. Here's how to decide who can best help you, with details of how to make an appointment.
Learner Development Advisors can help you:
- improve your English language skills.
- explore strategies with you to improve your time management skills.
- understand and start your assignment.
- improve your note-taking.
- give you advice on good academic practice.
- improve your presentations.
- understand your feedback from your lecturers.
- prepare for exams effectively.
To book an appointment email learnerdevelopment@abertay.ac.uk stating what area you would like help with.
Read more about us: Learner Development Service Level Agreement.
Academic Support Librarians can help you:
- develop effective research strategies for your assignments and dissertations.
- search for and locate the best academic sources for your assignments, using a variety of search tools.
- understand different types of academic sources and when to use them.
- evaluate academic sources for quality.
- plan and structure literature reviews for your assignments.
- correctly reference the work of others in your work to avoid plagiarism - we can offer practical support in the use of Cite Them Right (CTR) Harvard, APA, and OSCOLA styles. We also provide support in the use of RefWorks for managing your references.
- make best use of our various eBook, eJournal and specialist database platforms.
To book an appointment email library@abertay.ac.uk stating what area you would like help with.
Read more about us: Library Services: Service Level Statement
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