Some resources to find theses

Here are some resources on where to find theses:  

• Malaysian Theses Online (MyTO): http://myto.upm.edu.my/find

• IIUM Student Repo (Thesis): https://division.iium.edu.my/lib/iium-student-repo-thesis/#

• OhioLink: https://etd.ohiolink.edu/acprod/odb_etd/r/etd/search/1?clear=0,1,5,10,20,21,1001

• OpenDOAR: https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/opendoar 

• EThOS UK: https://bl.iro.bl.uk/collections/e492dc4b-82d9-4f8c-bb0a-2cdd8a62105d?locale=en 

•  ProQuest Dissertations & Theses: https://about.proquest.com/en/dissertations

• Open Access Theses and Dissertations: https://oatd.org

• ETDs: Virginia Tech Electronic Theses and Dissertations: https://hdl.handle.net/10919/5534 

• The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD): https://ndltd.org 

• Trove, Australia: https://trove.nla.gov.au/help/searching 

• NUS: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg

• Imperial College: https://spiral.imperial.ac.uk 

•  Internet Archive: https://archive.org

 

In Google or Google Scholar, you can also type the words "partial fulfilment" and keywords, e.g. "partial fulfilment" and "social engineering."

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APA 7th Edition

Some materials that are helpful about the APA 7th writing style and format:

• Student Paper Checklist: https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/beginner-student-paper-checklist.pdf

• Student Paper Setup Guide: https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/student-paper-setup-guide.pdf

• Sample Annotated Student Paper in APA Style: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/paper-format/student-annotated.pdf

• Heading Levels: https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/heading-template-student-paper.pdf

• Avoiding Plagiarism Guide: https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/avoiding-plagiarism.pdf

• Six Steps to Proper Citation: https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/six-steps-proper-citation.pdf

• Number and Statistics Guide: https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/numbers-statistics-guide.pdf

• Tables and Figures in APA format: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/tables-figures/tables and https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/apa_tables_and_figures.html

• Abbreviation Guide: https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/abbreviations-guide.pdf

• Transition Guide: https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/style-transitions-guide.pdf

• Discussion Phrases Guide: https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/discussion-phrases-guide.pdf

• Verb Tense Guide: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/grammar/verb-tense

• Active and Passive Voice Guide: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/grammar/active-passive-voice

• Compilations at the University of Notre Dame Australia Library: https://library.nd.edu.au/instruction/referencing/apa7/printable  

 

A fantastic free resource that we can refer to and use in academic/scholarly writing: https://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk

 

For a refresher on literature search and review, you may want to read http://beyondcommuting.blogspot.com/2019/02/some-materials-for-conducting.html.

 

For some notes about predatory, bad, or questionable journals or materials, do read http://beyondcommuting.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-curious-case-of-unsolicited.html and http://beyondcommuting.blogspot.com/2018/09/on-predatory-journals-and-questionable.html

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