Learning Skills
References and Additional Web Resources
References
Anderson, J. & Poole, M. (2001). Thesis and assignment writing (4th ed.). Brisbane: John Wiley & Sons. (Original work published in 1970)
Bate, D. & Sharpe, P. (2002). Writer's handbook for university students (2nd ed.).
Southbank: Thomson. (Original work published in 1996)
Brown, J. G. & Cox, C. R. (1998). Report writing for criminal justice professionals
(2nd ed.). Cincinnati, OH: Anderson Publishing Co.
Hay, I. (1998). Communicating in geography and the environmental sciences.
South Melbourne: Oxford University Press. (Original work published 1996)
Holtz, L. E. (2001). Investigative and operational report writing (4th ed.).
Longwood, FL: LexisNexis Gould Publications.
Lindsay, D. (1996). A guide to scientific writing (2nd ed.).
Melbourne: Addison Wesley Longman. (Original work published 1995)
Windschuttle, K. & Elliot, E. (1999). Writing, researching, communicating:
Communication skills for the information age. (3rd ed.). Roseville: McGraw-Hill.
Additional web resources
You can google for other sites by typing, for example, ‘report writing’ as the search term, but try to ensure the sites you use are reliable sites.
Example of a Government report
http://www.dest.gov.au/archive/highered/eippubs/eip99-6/eip99_6.pdf
Report writing
http://www.deakin.edu.au/current-students/study-support/study-skills/handouts/report.php
Uni Learning: a comprehensive academic writing website at the University of Wollongong. Choose the menu item for ‘Report Writing’.
http://unilearning.uow.edu.au/main.html
What are research reports
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/reportW
Writing reports
http://www.unisa.edu.au/ltu/student/learningAdvisors/reports.asp
Writing technically: Writing the report
http://www.academic-skills.soton.ac.uk/studyguides/WritingTechnicallyPartA.doc