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 (5th 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 (2nd 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 (3rd 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 (2nd ed.). Palgrave Macmillan. 001.42 THO
Thomas, G. (2017). How to do your research project: A guide for students (3rd 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 (2nd 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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