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Online assistance in writing your thesis

This page was set up as a supplement to the lecture on information collection in Course MN 310, given to first year MNRSA students. Feedback from students or lecturers of the course are welcome.

We would like to suggest exploring the following links:

William Strunk, Jr. The Elements of Style. 1918
A classic in scientific writing

Lovell, D.W. & R. Moore. Essay Writing for Students in Politics and the Social Sciences. 1992
Just remember a thesis is something else than an essay.

Citing Internet Resources.
A simple guide to citing Internet resources. If you still need advice, you are always welcome to ask the Noragric librarians.

Introduction to Internet research
If you would like to go further in depth, you may go through some of the lectures of this course focusing on methods of accessing information resources available through the Internet, and also evaluation of Internet resources.

General guidelines for searching databases
Provided by the UMB library.

How to borrow and order materials
from the UMB library. Remember routines in the Noragric library may differ slightly.

Bibliographical databases
linked to the Noragric library.

Subject related links
from the Noragric library. Offers good starting points for some of the topics you will be working on.

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
if you need definitions, broad overview of articles etc.

Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus
may also offer help on linguistic problems.

A collection of dictionaries
in many different languages.
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Page created by Liv Ellingsen, 07.01-1999, updated 12.11-2002

Department of International Environment and Development Studies
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E-mail: noragric@umb.no