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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