Routledge Study Guides

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Studying Creatively

A Creativity Toolkit to Get Your Studies Out of a Rut

By Brian Clegg

Are you stuck in a rut? Short of inspiration? Looking for a study guide that’s a break from the norm?

This innovative book will give you...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42815-6 (Routledge)

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Life After... Social Studies

A Practical Guide to Life After Your Degree

By Sally Longson

Thousands of students graduate from university each year. The lucky few have the rest of their lives mapped out in perfect detail – but for...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-41247-6 (Routledge)

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Life After...Biological Sciences

A Practical Guide to Life After Your Degree

By Sally Longson

Thousands of students graduate from university each year. The lucky few have the rest of their lives mapped out in perfect detail – but for...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-41249-0 (Routledge)

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Dyslexia

Surviving and Succeeding at College

By Sylvia Moody

Dyslexia: Surviving and Succeeding at College is a practical and easy-to-read guide for dyslexic and dyspraxic students. Clearly and simply written, in a dyslexia-friendly format,...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-43059-3 (Routledge)

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Just Write

An Easy-to-Use Guide to Writing at University

By Bill Kirton, Kathleen M. McMillan

This is a basic, short guide that helps students make the transition to writing at college or university as simple as possible, providing them with...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-39678-3 (Routledge)

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Punctuation Matters

Advice on Punctuation for Scientific and Technical Writing

By John Kirkman

Punctuation Matters gives straight answers to the queries raised most frequently by practitioners in computing, engineering, medicine and science as they grapple with day-to-day tasks...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-39982-1 (Routledge)

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Studying Using the Web

The Student's Guide to Using the Ultimate Information Resource

By Brian Clegg

Anyone can type a few keywords into a search engine. But that’s only the beginning. With Studying Using the Web you can find the right...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40374-0 (Routledge)

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Life After...Business and Administrative Studies

A practical guide to life after your degree

By Sally Longson

Thousands of students graduate from university each year. The lucky few have the rest of their lives mapped out in perfect detail – but for...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-37591-7 (Routledge)

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Life After...Engineering and Built Environment

A practical guide to life after your degree

By Sally Longson

Thousands of students graduate from university each year. The lucky few have the rest of their lives mapped out in perfect detail - but for...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-37592-4 (Routledge)

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Life After...Languages and Literature

A practical guide to life after your degree

By Sally Longson

Thousands of students graduate from university each year. The lucky few have the rest of their lives mapped out in perfect detail - but for...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-37593-1 (Routledge)

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Life After...Art and Design

A practical guide to life after your degree

By Sally Longson

Thousands of students graduate from university each year. The lucky few have the rest of their lives mapped out in perfect detail - but for...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-37590-0 (Routledge)

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Critical Reading

Making Sense of Research Papers in Life Sciences and Medicine

By Ben Yudkin

Textbooks are designed to teach, explain and make complex information easily understood and assimilated. Research papers do the reader no such favours. Being able to...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-30322-4 (Routledge)

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Speaking for Yourself

A Guide for Students

By Robert Barrass

As a student, and in any profession based on your studies, you need good oral communication skills. It is therefore extremely important to develop your...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-37857-4 (Routledge)

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Academic Writing

A Handbook for International Students

By Stephen Bailey

Ideal for overseas students studying at English-medium colleges and universities, this practical writing course enables international students to meet the required standard of writing and...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-38420-9 (Routledge)

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Successful Writing for Qualitative Researchers

By Peter Woods

It is always difficult to know how to write up research, and as academics and postgraduates alike come under increasing pressure to improve rates of...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-35539-1 (Routledge)

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Getting Straight 'A's

A Student's Guide to Success

By Richard Palmer

Packed full of invaluable and practical advice, tips, quizzes and self-assessment exercises for fifteen to eighteen year olds, this guide, written with the keenest and...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-35623-7 (Routledge)

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Students Must Write

A Guide to Better Writing in Coursework and Examinations

By Robert Barrass

The third edition of this well-respected guide will help students of all subjects to write more clearly and more effectively, with valuable advice on how to:

  • make good notes
  • find...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-35826-2 (Routledge)

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Success with Languages

By Stella Hurd, Linda Murphy

Success with Languages is designed to help all students develop the skills they need to become an effective language learner and to make the most...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-36837-7 (Routledge)

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Your Research Project

How to Manage it

By Andy Hunt

This book guides the student through the transition from passive learner to active researcher. Covering everything from choosing and refining a research topic to writing...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-34408-1 (Routledge)

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Getting a PhD

An Action Plan to Help Manage Your Research, Your Supervisor and Your Project

By John Finn

This highly practical guide provides information that will help research students avoid needless mistakes. It informs and advises you about many of the important facets of postgraduate...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-34498-2 (Routledge)

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How to Get a First

The Essential Guide to Academic Success

By Thomas Dixon

In this informative guide, Thomas Dixon argues that you do not have to be a genius to get a first at university. He sets out to...

2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-31733-7 (Routledge)

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The Research Project

How to Write It

By Ralph Berry

Now in its fifth edition, this guide to project work continues to be an indispensable resource for all students undertaking research.

Guiding the reader right through...

2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-33445-7 (Routledge)

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Studying for Success

By Richard Palmer

This lively and stimulating book offers an enlightening new approach to effective study. Without minimising the importance of good organisation and hard work, the author...

2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-33818-9 (Routledge)

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The Student's Guide to Preparing Dissertations and Theses  

By Brian Allison, Phil Race

When writing a dissertation or thesis, it is essential to produce a work that is well-structured and well-presented. Giving clear examples throughout, this book offers...

2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-33486-0 (Routledge)

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The Good Grammar Guide

By Richard Palmer

Does grammar bother you? Does it first inspire boredom, then fear? Since the virtual removal of formal grammar teaching from our schools' standard curriculum forty...

2003 | Paperback: 978-0-415-31226-4 (Routledge)

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Using Research Instruments

A Guide for Researchers

By Peter Birmingham, David Wilkinson

Clear, accessible and practical, this guide introduces the first-time researcher to the various instruments used in social research. It assesses a broad range of research...

2003 | Paperback: 978-0-415-27279-7 (Routledge)

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Success with Mathematics

By Heather Cooke

Many students find the leap between school and university level mathematics to be significantly greater than they expected. Success with Mathematics has been devised and...

2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-29861-2 (Routledge)

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Scientists Must Write

A Guide to Better Writing for Scientists, Engineers and Students

By Robert Barrass

Good writing and communication skills are essential in many areas of science and engineering, to help observation, thinking and remembering, to organize work and to...

2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-26996-4 (Routledge)

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Scientists Must Speak

By D. Eric Walters, Gale C. Walters

Having the ability to speak confidently; engage the audience; make a clear, well-argued case; and handle any tricky situations, is rarely a natural talent, but...

2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-28028-0 (CRC Press)

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Study!

A Guide to Effective Learning, Revision and Examination Techniques

By Robert Barrass

Whether entering higher education straight from school, or returning to study later in life, students need to develop effective study skills to get the most...

2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-26995-7 (Routledge)

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The Researcher's Toolkit

The Complete Guide to Practitioner Research

Edited by David Wilkinson

The Researcher's Toolkit is a practical rather than an academic text for all those undertaking, perhaps for the first time, small-scale research. Written by an...

2000 | Paperback: 978-0-415-21566-4 (Routledge)

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Education as a Political Tool in Asia

Edited by Marie Lall, Edward Vickers

August 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-59536-0 (Routledge)

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Inclusive Education

A Practical Guide to Supporting Diversity in the Classroom

By Joanne Deppeler, David Harvey, Tim Loreman

August 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-60148-1 (Routledge)

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Becoming Biliterate

Identity, Ideology, and Learning to Read and Write in Two Languages

By Bobbie Kabuto

July 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-87180-8 (Routledge)

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The Challenge of Rethinking History Education

On Practices, Theories, and Policy

By Bruce VanSledright

July 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-87379-6 (Routledge)

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Beyond Early Literacy

A Balanced Approach to Developing the Whole Child

By Janet Taylor, Nancy Amanda Branscombe, Jan Burcham, Lilli Land

July 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-87444-1 (Routledge)

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