A Complete Guide to Applied Writing Skills for PhD level Theses/Dissertations
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Research Reference Materials Sourcing Skills for Books, Theses, Journal Articles, and Organizational Sources
Video lessons you practise hands on, on your own work.
- 1Where to Source for Reference Materials
- 2Where to Source for Reference Materials (Practical Demonstrations)
- 3Searching and Manually Downloading Skills Sets for Academic Reference Materials
- 4Searching and Manually Downloading Skills Sets for Academic Reference Materials (Practical Demonstrations)
- 5Searching and Mass Downloading Skills Set for Academic Reference Materials
- 6Searching and Mass Downloading Skills Set for Academic Reference Materials (Practical Demonstration)
- 7Sourcing Information-Rich and Relevant Academic Reference Materials Strategies
- 8Sourcing Information-Rich and Relevant Academic Reference Materials Strategies (Pratical Demonstrations)
- 9Sourcing for Full-Length Research Methods and Statistics Books
- 10Sourcing for Full-Length Research Methods and Statistics Books (Practicals)
- 11Sourcing for Full-Length Theses
- 12Sourcing full length Theses (Practical)
- 13Sourcing for Journal Articles
- 14Sourcing for Journal Articles (Practicals)
- 15Letter Number Permutation Article Mining Methodology (1)
- 16Letter Number Permutation Article Mining Methodology (2)
- 17Letter Number Permutation Article Mining Methodology (3)
A Complete Guide to Citation and Referencing Using Mendeley Desktop
Video lessons you practise hands on, on your own work.
- 1How To Install Mendeley Desktop
- 2Understanding Mendeley Interface
- 3Loading Reference Materials Into Mendeley
- 4Automated Uploading of Reference Materials from Google Into Mendeley Desktop
- 5Generation and Uploading of Research Information Systems into Mendeley Desktop
- 6Undertaking Parenthetical Citation Using Mendeley Desktop
- 7Undertaking Narrative Intext Citation Using Mendeley Desktop
- 8Generating and Amending the Reference List in Mendeley Desktop (1)
- 9Generating and Amending the Reference List in Mendeley Desktop (2)
A Complete Guide to Using Mendeley Reference Manager in Citation and Referencing
Video lessons you practise hands on, on your own work.
- 1Installing Mendeley Reference Manager
- 2Mendeley Reference Manager Interface
- 3Loading Reference Materials into Mendeley Reference Manager
- 4Generating RIS and Uploading into Mendeley Reference Manager
- 5Installing Mendeley Cite for Ms Word
- 6Undertaking Parenthetical Citation Using Mendeley Cite
- 7Undertaking Narrative Intext Citation Using Mendeley Cite
- 8Generating and Amending the Reference List in Mendeley Reference Manager
Microsoft Word Customization Skills for Effective Research Work Development
Video lessons you practise hands on, on your own work.
- 1Introduction Remarks )
- 2Levels/Headings in Ms Word
- 3Levels/Headings in Ms Word (Table of Contents)
- 4Customizing the Body of the Content
- 5Tables & Figures
Sieve-and-Write (SoW) Writing Methodology: Part 1 Content Requirements Mapping
Video lessons you practise hands on, on your own work.
- 1Introductory Remarks
- 2Content Requirement Mapping for Background of the Study
- 3Content Requirement Mapping for Statement of the Problem
- 4Content Requirement Mapping for Research Objectives & Hypotheses
- 5Content Requirement Mapping for Significance of the Study
- 6Content Requirement Mapping for the Scope of the Study
- 7Content Requirement Mapping for Limitations of the Study
- 8Content Requirement Mapping for Assumptions of the Study
- 9Content Requirement Mapping for Theoretical Literature
- 10Content Requirement Mapping for Empirical Literature
- 11Content Requirement Mapping for Criticisms of Reviewed Literature
- 12Content Requirement Mapping for Conceptual Framework
- 13Content Requirement Mapping for Summary of Reviewed Literature and Gaps
- 14Content Requirement Mapping for Research Methodology
Sieve-and-Write Writing Methodology: Part II Reference Management Skills and Content Extraction Skills
Video lessons you practise hands on, on your own work.
- 1Introductory Remarks
- 2Reference Management Skills for Academic Materials (Theses and Journals)
- 3Reference Management Skills for Grey Literature
- 4Reference Management Skills for Grey Literature
- 5Reference Management Skills for Academic Books
- 6Content Extraction (Sieving) in Mendeley Desktop Software (Theory)
- 7Content Extraction (Sieving) in Mendeley Desktop Software (Practical)
- 8Content Extraction (Sieving) in Google Scholar
- 9ZOOM RECORDING ON SOW FACILITATOR-LED SESSION HELD ON 25TH NOVEMBER, 2023
PAST SESSION RECORDINGS
Video lessons you practise hands on, on your own work.
- 1ZOOM RECORDING FOR SESSION HELD 02ND DECEMBER 2023 SOW APPLIED WRITING PART 1
- 2ZOOM RECORDING FOR A SESSION HELD 2ND DECEMBER 2023 SOW APPLIED WRITING PART 2
- 3ZOOM RECORDINGS ON MEETING HELD 2ND DECEMBER 2023 ON SOW APPLIED WRITING PART 3
- 4ZOOM RECORDING HELD ON 29TH JANUARY 2024 ON MENDELEY DESKTOP CITATION
- 5ZOOM RECORDING FOR SESSION HELD ON 24/02/2024 ON MS WORD CUSTOMIZATION
- 6ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS
- 7CHAPTER 3 DEVELOPMENT
- 8Chapter One Thesis Writing
- 9Instrumentation
- 10Thesis Defence
- 11RECORDING OF SESSION HELD ON 11/10/2025 ON SOURCING FOR REFERENCE MATERIALS
- 12RECORDING DONE ON 18/10/2025 ON CITATION
- 13RECORDING DONE ON 25/10/2025 ON MS WORD
- 14RECORDING DONE ON 01/11/2025 ON ACADEMIC WRITING
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An applied research skills school, not a video library.
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