Undergraduate Research Resources

Previous final projects

Selected final projects are held in the Library, these are for use in the Library only. Check out this link for a list

A range of final projects are available online

Useful books held in the Library

Check the Library catalogue for books not listed here

Bailey, S. (2018). Academic writing: A handbook for international students (5^th ed.). Routledge. 808.042 8 BAI

Bell, J. & Waters, S. (2018). Doing your research project: a guide for first-time researchers. Open University Press; McGrawHill Education. 808.02 BEL

Blaxter, L., Tight, M., & Hughes, C. (2010). How to research. McGraw-Hill Education. Also available online

Cooper, H. (2016). Where's your argument? How to present your academic argument in writing. Palgrave Macmillan Education. 808.042 COO

Creswell, J. W. & Creswell, J. D. (2018). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. SAGE. 001.42 CRE

Cryer, P. (2006). The research student’s guide to success (3rd ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. Also available online

Foster, J. (1996). How to get ideas. Berrett-Koehler. 808.066 659 FOS

Godfrey, J. (2016). Writing for university (2^nd ed.). Palgrave. 808.066 378 GOD

Lia, P. (2020). Simplify your study: Effective strategies for coursework and exams. Red Globe Press. 378.170281 LIA

O’Leary, Z. (2017). The essential guide to doing your research project (3^rd ed.). SAGE. 808.02 OLE (desk reserve)

Read, S. W. (2019). Academic writing skills for international students. Macmillan International Higher Education. 808.4 REA

Reid, M. (2012). Report writing. Palgrave Macmillan. 808.02 REI

Shon, P. C. (2018). The quick fix guide to academic writing: How to avoid big mistakes and small errors. 808.066 378 SHO

Thomas, G. (2017). Doing research (2^nd ed.). Palgrave Macmillan. 001.42 THO

Thomas, G. (2017). How to do your research project: A guide for students (3^rd ed.) SAGE. 808.02 THO

Urban, J. B. & Van Eeden-Moorefield, B. (2018). Designing and proposing your research project. American Psychological Association. 808.02 URB

Walliman, N. (2018). Research methods: The basics. Routledge. 001.42 WAL

Wang, G. T. & Park, K. (2016). Student research and report writing: From topic selection to the complete paper. Wiley Blackwell. 808.02 WAN

Williams, K., Woolliams, M., & Spiro, J. (2020).  Reflective writing (2^nd ed.). Red Globe Press. 808.042 WIL

Useful online books

Note that in order to access the Library’s online resources you will need to have an OpenAthens account. Contact the library if you are a current student don’t have an account. If you wish to download the books, you will need to have Adobe Digital Editions installed on your device.

Bell, J., & Waters, S. (2014). Doing your research project : A guide for first-time researchers (6th ed.) McGraw-Hill Education. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e000xww&AN=937946&site=eds-live&scope=site

Berger, A. A. (2008). The academic writer’s toolkit : A user’s manual. Routledge. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e000xww&AN=398720&site=eds-live&scope=site&custid=s9929458

Blaxter, L., Tight, M., & Hughes, C. (2010). How to research. McGraw-Hill Education. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e000xww&AN=353622&site=ehost-live&scope=site&custid=s9929458

Cryer, P. (2006). The research student’s guide to success (3rd ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e000xww&AN=234191&site=ehost-live&scope=site&custid=s9929458

Lia, P. (2020). Simplify your study: Effective strategies for coursework and exams. Macmillan International; Red Globe Press. 378.170281 LIA

Mathukutty M. M., & Pawar, B. S. (2010). Academic writing : A guide for management students and researchers. Sage Publications. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e000xww&AN=323057&site=eds-live&scope=site&custid=s9929458

Murray, N., & Hughes, G. (2008). Writing up your university assignments and research projects : A practical handbook. McGraw-Hill Education. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e000xww&AN=234330&site=ehost-live&scope=site

Oliver, P. (2012). Succeeding with your literature review : A handbook for students. McGraw-Hill Education. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e000xww&AN=435001&site=eds-live&scope=site&custid=s9929458

Sharp, J. A., Peters, J. A., & Howard, K. (2002). The management of a student research project (3rd ed.). Routledge. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e000xww&AN=269760&site=ehost-live&scope=site&custid=s9929458

Looking for other online books? Go to Discovery and search there. You can restrict your search to ebooks only by using the filter

Online resources

• Discovery - enables you to search multiple databases at once to find full text articles and books. Note that you can restrict to scholarly articles and use many other filters to help in your searching.
• Google Scholar - this site will show you the number of citations that an article has had. The search functionality is more basic than Discovery
• Library databases - looking for a list of individual library databases? Go to the Library database page
• Journals - Looking for a specific journal that is full text? Try Full Text Finder
• Academic Learning Support Centre - check out their Moodle page

Note that in order to access the Library’s online resources you will need to have an OpenAthens account. Contact the library if you are a current student don’t have an account

Need help in searching?

• Contact the Library for help - we can do face to face or online tutorials
• Basic searching in Discovery
• Improving your search in Discovery
• Search alerts
• My EbscoHost folder - Note that you can sign using your IPU details, if accessing via OpenAthens you will need to sign in first to OpenAthens and then to MyEbscoHost using Google. My Ebscohost folder can be used to store your searches and articles found using Discovery

Tips

• Need to shrink a really long URL? Try Tiny URL
• When using websites apply the CRAAP test (Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose). Check out these sites explaining it https://library.lsco.edu/help/web-page-rubric.pdf   or https://www.scribbr.com/citing-sources/craap-test/

Microsoft Word

Try these links for helpful guides:

• Page numbering
• Table of contents
• Using breaks - page/section etc. 
• Do you have pages with page numbers appearing which shouldn't be numbered? Try separating them with a section break

APA referencing

IPU New Zealand is now using APA 7. The guide is here  Referencing and style guide APA 7 (0.83MB)

Note that when adding a URL for an article from a database, always look for a permalink or durable link, as the browser link may just apply to that particular web session

You may find help information in the APA blog - note that IPU New Zealand does vary a little from APA, so please check the guide

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