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We Test 3 Tools for Visually ‘Mapping’ your Research Area

March 3, 2023March 3, 2023 Anaise Irvine

If you’re a visual person, the text-heavy terrain of academic research can be a foreign landscape. Piles of papers promise deep insights into your research area, but sometimes it’s hard […]

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Library Workshops Coming up in the First Half of Semester Two

July 6, 2021July 6, 2021 Graduate Research School (Auckland University of Technology)

The library team have a great suite of workshops lined up for the first half of Semester 2. These workshops cover some key areas for researchers, such as reference management […]

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Can You Work ‘Too Hard’ on a Thesis?

May 12, 2021May 13, 2021 Anaise Irvine

Achieving a masters or doctoral degree is supposed to be challenging. It should take a lot of time and intensive effort. That’s how you gain expertise, and that’s how you […]

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New Academic Writing Videos Available

May 11, 2021May 11, 2021 Graduate Research School (Auckland University of Technology)

AUT Library’s Postgraduate Learning Advisors have created a range of new videos on how to write your discussion and literature review sections, how to position your research, and tools for […]

AUT Library Research Workshops Available Now

April 19, 2021April 19, 2021 Graduate Research School (Auckland University of Technology)

Did you know that AUT’s Library has a dedicated research support team? They’re offering a flurry of workshops for PG students in April-May, so now is a great to time […]

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Throwback Thursday: How to Disagree (Diplomatically)

February 4, 2021February 4, 2021 Anaise Irvine

This post by Dr Anaise Irvine first appeared on Thesislink in June 2018. Have you ever read a scholarly article or book and thought: what utter rot! If so: good. […]

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We Review ‘Semantic Scholar’: An AI-Powered Literature Searching Tool

November 20, 2020November 20, 2020 Anaise Irvine

Semantic Scholar is a free literature search tool developed by the Allen Institute of AI (nicknamed AI2), a non-profit research institute. It has had a meteoric rise to prominence recently. […]

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How I Structured My Doctoral Thesis in Format Two

May 28, 2020March 25, 2021 Prabakar Parthiban

Editor’s note: this article, published in 2020, makes reference to a previous edition of the AUT Postgraduate Handbook that is now out of date. The most recent edition can be […]

New Thesis Writing Online Workshops

April 27, 2020April 27, 2020 Graduate Research School (Auckland University of Technology)

For researchers, working-from-home often means working-on-writing. If you’re tackling your thesis writing during this lockdown (and beyond), AUT Library’s Academic Writing Advisors have a range of online workshops just for […]

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Free this Afternoon? ‘EndNote for Researchers’ Workshop Starts Soon!

February 27, 2020February 27, 2020 Graduate Research School (Auckland University of Technology)

Attention all incoming PG research students! (And those wishing to brush up on their EndNote skills.) The Library is running an EndNote for Researchers workshop this afternoon, 2-4pm in the […]

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3 Techniques for Identifying a Research Gap

October 22, 2019October 22, 2019 Anaise Irvine

When you start scoping out a new research project, you’re often encouraged to look for a ‘gap’ in the literature. Once you find something that hasn’t been done yet, so […]

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Finding Meaning in those ‘Difficult’ Readings

October 8, 2019October 8, 2019 Anaise Irvine

Have you ever had to read a journal article or book that made you go: WHAT THE $!%? That made you shake your head, re-read four times, and question the […]

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