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Write great essays!

This lively little book offers hints and practical suggestions on how to effectively and efficiently write academic essays. It considers how to analyse the topic, read effectively, summarise and paraphrase, plan and write your essay and how to reference and avoid plagiarism. Topics include:

• The strange world of university
• Introduction
• Getting started; coping with monster reading lists
• Reading purposes and strategies
• Targeted reading
• Writing essays
• Referencing styles
• Plagiarism and collusion

You may like to request photocopies of some of the sections from this book.

Everyday English for nursing

This book is useful for nurses and other health professionals who want to improve their English writing and verbal communication skills. It uses patient case studies (eg pain and pain management, dementia, angina, diabetes, dehydration) and focuses on the language used in clinical documents and the speech of patients. There are sets of exercises (with answers) following each case study.

Grammar and writing skills for the health professional

This book focuses exclusively on the writing needs of health professionals. It applies the fundamentals of grammar and the writing process to sentence and paragraph structures used in medical reporting, charting and documentation. Emphasis is placed on proofreading, a key skill for success in your health studies and in your professional lives.

• Section 1: Grammar
• Section 2: Phrases, clauses, sections, paragraphs
• Section 3: Writing skills
• Section 4: Applications - writing tasks required in the health care profession

You may like to request photocopies of some of the chapters from this book.

Writing for the health professions

This book teaches the principles of writing, writing for academic purposes and writing for health care professionals in practice. It takes the reader through the writing process from formulating ideas and writing the draft through to editing and proofreading. It then covers writing for different purposes.

• Section 1: The writing process: from idea to draft; writing sentences; using precise words and developing a professional style; writing essays; editing and proofreading.
• Section 2: Writing for academic purposes: This section includes: expository writing; writing the argument; writing to inform: the research paper; writing for administrative purposes.

You may like to request photocopies of some of the chapters from this book.

The Easy Writer - formal writing for academic purposes

This book, while not health specific, is based on standard Australian style and covers the basic grammar, punctuation and word choice required for accurate and concise formal writing. The early chapters focus on writing simple sentences (the cause of most writing problems), providing examples and exercises with answers; and progresses to cover paragraph and essay writing. Topics include:

• Writing accurate sentences (ch 1-7)
• Verbs
• Pronouns
• Parallel construction
• Punctuation
• Word use and word choice
• Using direct and indirect quotations
• Paragraphs
• The formal essay

You may like to request photocopies of some of the sections from this book.

Introduction to psychology: Gateways to mind and behaviour

The Introduction to this book (pp 1-10) covers the psychology of studying and covers the following topics:

• The SQ4R method - How to tame a textbook
• Effective note-taking
• Study strategies
• Self-regulated learning: time management, goal setting, learning as an adventure
• Taking tests
• Using electronic media

You may like to request photocopies of these study skills topics.