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Bachelor of Early Childhood Education and Care (Birth-5): ECIAS200A Introduction to Academic Study

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A guide to TAFE NSW referencing: APA 7 style

How to write what you want to say ... at university : a guide for those who know what they want to say but can't find the words (2016) - Book by Patricia Hipwell; Lyn Carter
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (2020) - Book by American Psychological Association

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Readings

Gillett, A. (2025, July 21). Academic writing: Features of academic writing: Introduction
UEfAP. https://www.uefap.org/writing-features-introduction/
Hopkins, D., & Reid, T. (2024). The academic skills handbook: Your guide to success in writing, thinking and communicating at university (2nd ed.).
Sage.
Marshall, L., & Rowland, F. (2014). A guide to learning independently (5th ed.)
Pearson Australia.
Chapter 8 Researching a topic
Chapter 9 Using information sources
McCombes, S. (2023, March 27). Academic paragraph structure: Step-by-step guide and examples.
Scribbr. https://www.scribbr.com/research-paper/paragraph-structure/
Staffordshire University Library and Learning Services. (2020, August). Academic writing.
https://libguides.staffs.ac.uk/ld.php?content_id=33103104
TAFE NSW. (2025, July 7). Academic integrity policy (Version 3.0).
https://tinyurl.com/mwb8xvb2
TAFE NSW. (2025, July 8). Academic integrity procedure (Version 1.0).
https://tinyurl.com/4sya789z
University of NSW. (2024, February 16). Paraphrasing, summarising and quoting.
https://www.student.unsw.edu.au/paraphrasing-summarising-and-quoting
Using English for Academic Purposes (UEfAP) - Grammar

Scribbr. (2020, November 11). APA 7th edition: Formatting the APA reference page [Video].
YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmVZP2309P4
Scribbr. (2020, November 4). APA 7th edition: The basics of APA in-text citations [Video].
YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opp259YvaoE
Scribbr. (2019, November 1). How to paraphrase in 5 easy steps [Video].
YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiM0x0ApVL8
The Nature of Writing. (2019, November 8). APA essay format (7th ed.): Essay writing [Video].
YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrh5OC3T6dc
WA North Metropolitan TAFE Library Services. (2025, August 22). APA quick referencing: End-text rules .
https://guides.dtwd.wa.gov.au/nmtafe-apaesl/endtext

TAFE NSW. (n.d.). Student guide to ChatGPT.
https://share.tafensw.edu.au/share/file/0e8eafb4-ab5d-4868-bb5b-de6c657394b2/1/Student%20Guide%20to%20ChatGPT%20%288%29.pdf
TAFE NSW Libraries. (2025, August 27). Research and referencing: Generative AI.
https://tafensw.libguides.com/research/artificial

American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association: The official guide to APA style (7th ed.).
American Psychological Association.

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Book available in the library collection.
Cottrell, S. (2019). The study skills handbook (5th ed.).
Bloomsbury Publishing.
Hopkins, D., & Reid, T. (2024). The academic skills handbook: Your guide to success in writing, thinking and communicating at university (2nd ed.).
Sage.
TAFE NSW. (2025, July 7). Academic integrity policy (Version 3.0).
https://tinyurl.com/mwb8xvb2
TAFE NSW. (2025, July 8). Academic integrity procedure (Version 1.0).
https://tinyurl.com/4sya789z
University of NSW. (2024, February 16). Paraphrasing, summarising and quoting.
https://www.student.unsw.edu.au/paraphrasing-summarising-and-quoting
watchwellcast. (2012, October 27). How to take great notes [Video].
YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAhRf3U50lM

Charles Sturt University - Assignment scheduler
The Learning Centre UNSW Sydney. (2017). A template for setting out and writing effective notes from a reading.
https://www.student.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/uploads/group40/Note_Taking_Reading_single.pdf
University of New South Wales - mySkillSearch
University of Wollongong - Assignment calculator

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