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Social Media for Businesses (5 Top Tips)

It might be possible for a modern business to get by without social media. However,...

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Vancouver Referencing – Citing an Academic Journal Article

In most areas of study, new research is published in academic journals. As such, you...

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A Guide to Paraphrasing Sources

Good academic writing will quote and reference a range of sources. But is quoting sources...

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An Example Press Release

Having previously set out five questions you should ask when writing a press release, we...

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Titles in Essays (Italics or Quote Marks?)

Formatting your own essay title is easy (just bung a Heading style on it). Unfortunately,...

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Citing More than One Source at Once (and Citation Order)

To support your arguments in an essay, you need to cite your sources. And if...

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Vancouver Referencing

Join us on a journey north. Out of Australia, across the ocean and all the...

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Chicago Referencing – Conference Papers (Footnotes)

Secretly, academic conferences are just massive parties. Academics gather to drink, dance and do various...

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6 Tips for Using Abbreviations in Academic Writing

Academic writing can be a bit… wordy. As such, anything that makes your work more...

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Chicago Referencing – Newspapers (Footnotes)

While not a standard academic source, you can cite newspapers in an essay. But you...

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Is ‘Alright’ All Right? (Tricky Compound Words)

Compound words combine two or more terms to make a new word. They can be...

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Internet Research: Which Sites Should You Trust?

The internet is full of many things, including kittens, people with no clothes on, and...

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