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The Student Learning Centre provides a number of academic support options for students. Through one-on-one appointments and workshops they can help you with goal setting and motivation, memory skills, note-taking, oragnization and time management, presentation skills, and reading skills! You can find out more about University Supports here!
The Student Learning Centre provides a number of academic support options for students. Through one-on-one appointments and workshops they can help you with goal setting and motivation, memory skills, note-taking, oragnization and time management, presentation skills, and reading skills! You can find out more about University Supports here!
Education Librarian
Chelsie is responsible for selecting resources and supporting the following programs:
Education
Education and Digital Technologies
Early Childhood Studies
Designing Adult Learning for the Digital Age
Contact her to discuss research help for assignments, citation tools, access to data sets, research data management, copyright, open access and scholarly publishing, OERs, and more.
Book a Research Appointment on Calendly:
Ontario Tech Education: Research Appointment
Be sure to add Ontario Tech U to your Google Scholar settings! Select "Library Links" along the left-hand side and type "Ontario Tech University." Be critical of the materials you're accessing. If you come across subscription-requiring materials, double check through the OTU library for free access.
For more, check out Searching Google Scholar with Dr. Robin Kay
Check out this presentation on How to Conduct Research Online created by students in the BA Program!
Grammarly Writing Assistant
Grammarly provides clear, constructive writing suggexstions that work where you work, enabling better understanding between people.
What is it?
What is it?
What can it do? How do I use it?
What can it do? How do I use it?
Follow these set-up instructions to get a free PRO Grammarly account!
To access and activate your Grammarly PRO account available to you through the Faculty of Education, sign into Grammarly using your @ontariotechu.net Google account. If you need help, see the instructions linked below. If you run into any issues, contact the IT department at the university.
Citations and Generators
Learn how to use citation genderators responsibily here.
Owl Perdue Online Writing Lab, APA 7
Owl Perdue Online Writing Lab, APA 7
Open the video in a new YouTube window to use the links in the comments to navigate directly to your area of interest.
Please note that it is your responsibility to ensure that your submitted references are formatted in the correct edition - the most up-to-date version is currently APA 7.
If you use citation generators, make sure you use them appropriately and responsibly.
Below are some platforms where you can collect, organize, manage, search and cite the resources you've collected. We recommend you find one that works for you!
EndNote
EndNote
A reference management software package that is used to manage bibliographies, citations, and references when writing essays, reports, articles, and assignments.
Available to Ontario Tech U students through the Software Portal
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share research.
Turnitin
Turnitin
Turnitin is an online tool to detect plagiarism and help students avoid academic dishonesty. It will give you a heads up if your writing is similar to the content in their database. It was the most accurate plagiarism checker of 2022.
Use the Free Plagiarism Checker for Students - Powered by Turnitin at this link.
Plagiarism Checker
Plagiarism Checker
The free plagiarism checker, powered by Turnitin, will give you a heads up if your writing is similar to the content in their database. It was the most accurate plagiarism checker of 2022.
Use the Free Plagiarism Checker for Students - Powered by Turnitin at this link.
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