1-2-1 appointments can be arranged with either a Learner Development Advisor or your Academic 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 studyskills@abertay.ac.uk stating what area you would like help with.
Read more about us: Learner Development Service Level Agreement.
Academic 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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