Getting Ahead in Tertiary Study: A Practical Guide for Business, Social Science and Arts Students

180 Pages·1998·0.88 MB·English

by  Chris MacQueen

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title : Getting Ahead in Tertiary Study : A Practical Guide for
Business, Social Science, and Arts Students
author : Macqueen, Chris.
publisher : University of New South Wales
isbn10 | asin :
print isbn13 : 9780868405926
ebook isbn13 : 9780585344324
language : English
subject Study skills--Australia--Handbooks, manuals, etc, Academic
achievement--Australia--Handbooks, manuals, etc, Social
sciences--Study and teaching (Higher)--Australia--Handbooks,
manuals, etc.
publication date : 1998
lcc : LB2395.M32 1998eb
ddc : 371.3
subject : Study skills--Australia--Handbooks, manuals, etc, Academic
achievement--Australia--Handbooks, manuals, etc, Social
sciences--Study and teaching (Higher)--Australia--Handbooks,
manuals, etc.
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Getting Ahead in Tertiary Study

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This book is dedicated to my niece
Leigh.
My wish is that her time in academia is
pleasant, productive and enjoyable.
This book is my way of supporting her
in making it so.
It is also dedicated to all the other first-year
students who confront the complications
of studying in a tertiary environment
and try to understand what is expected
of them; I hope this helps, if even a little.

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Getting Ahead in Tertiary Study
A Practical Guide for Business, Social Science and Arts Students
Chris Macqueen

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A UNSW Press book
Published by University of New South Wales Press Ltd
University of New South Wales
Sydney 2052 Australia
© C. Macqueen
First published 1998
This book is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as
permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission. Inquiries
should be addressed to the publisher.
National Library of Australia
Cataloguing-in-Publication entry:
Macqueen, Chris.
Getting Ahead in Tertiary Study: A Practical
Guide for Business, Social Science and Arts Students
Bibliography.
Includes index.
ISBN 0 86840 592 2.
1. Study skills. 2. Education, Higher. I. Title.
371.3.
Printer Kyodo Printing, Singapore

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CONTENTS
Foreword x
Preface xi
Part 1: Starting Out 1
Chapter 1 1
Entering the Tertiary Environment
1
The Purpose of This Book
2
The Essential Differences in Tertiary Study
3
What Academia Expects of the Individual
3
Confrontations and Contradictions
4
Why Some People Fail
5
Time Management
5
Self Management
6
A Healthy Lifestyle
6
Knowing When You Need Help
7
Where to Get Support
Part 2: General Study Skills 8
Chapter 2 8
Note-Taking and Lectures
8
Making the Most of Lectures
9
The Benefit of Taking Notes
10
The Difficulties of Taking Notes
10
Effective Note-Taking: Summary, Dot Points or Mind Maps
13
Balancing Note-Taking with Tutorial Activities
13
Raising Issues from Lectures: The When and the Where
14
Alternatives to Note-Taking
14
Keeping It Balanced: Organising Time
15
Testing Your Understanding
15
Putting It Together: Lectures, Note-Taking and Study
Chapter 3 17
Tutorials and Presentations
17
What Is a Tutorial?
17
Why Are Tutorials Important?
17
Getting the Most from Tutorials
18
Selecting a Presentation

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Deciding on a Presentation Method
19
Researching the Topic
19
Keeping the Interest
20
Doing and Listening
20
Encouraging Involvement
21
The Write-up and Distribution
Chapter 4 22
Essay Writing
22
Introduction
23
Analysing the Question
24
Conducting Library Research
25
Collecting and Collating Research Data
30
Plagiarism, Citation and Quotations
32
Creating the Essay Outline
32
Writing the First Draft
33
Reality Testing or Cold Review
34
Editing and Referencing
36
Completing the Final Presentation
Chapter 5 38
Undertaking a Research Assignment
38
Defining the Research Purpose
38
Analysing the Question
40
Clarifying the Requirements
40
Selecting the Sample or Field of Research
41
Qualitative vs. Quantitative Data
42
Collecting and Collating the Data
43
Analysing the Data
43
Presenting the Data: Tables
44
Presenting the Data: Graphics
45
Presenting the Findings
Chapter 6 47
Conducting Library Research
47
Taking the Library Tour
47
Cataloguing Systems
50
Reserved and Other Special Collections
50
The Etiquette of Borrowing
51
Journals and Periodicals
52
Primary and Secondary Data Sources
52
Inter-Library Loans and Other Special Services

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Recording and Retrieval Systems
54
Summaries and Referencing
54
Effective Library Research
Chapter 7 56
Electronic Data Sources
56
Types of Electronic Data
56
Commercial Computer Programs
56
Dedicated Computer Programs
57
Home Pages and Web Sites
58
E-mail and Person-to-Person Data Transfers
60
CD-ROMs
60
Electronic Journals
60
Accessing Electronic Data Sources
62
Downloading Data
62
Using Downloaded Data in Presentations and Reports
Chapter 8 63
Surfing the Internet
63
What the Internet Is
64
Costs and How the Internet Works
65
Bookmarks and Personal Data Listings