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Advanced Criminal Law

This guide is a starting point for research in Advanced Criminal Law and includes primary and secondary materials, in both print and electronic formats.

Postgraduate Research Support

The Library Postgraduate Research Support service provides guidance and relevant training that supports postgraduate students and researchers during their research journey.


Information and Research Guides

See the Library Postgraduate Research Support guide for more information on recommended and authoritative resources. This guide provides a useful starting point for finding relevant subject information.

You may also consult the SAGE Research Methods guide to help you in finding the best literature to enable you to choose a methodology and launch into your research project.  


Training Programme

A series of training sessions is scheduled to run during the 1st and 2nd semesters. Invitations to these sessions are sent to the postgraduate and research community through UWC Communication. 

In the case where dates are not suitable, presentations can be done by invitation. Send an email request to library-research@uwc.ac.za

The session cover but are not limited to the following:

  • Introduction to Library Resources & Facilities
  • SAGE Research Methods Online
  • Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar
  • Research Visibility and Researcher Profiles
  • Citation tools: Mendeley & EndNote

 


 

The Division for Postgraduate Studies (DPGS) offers virtual mentoring to registered UWC postgraduate (PG) students.


Duties of the Writing Coaches

  • Conduct a one-on-one academic interaction with postgraduate students on general academic writing skills.
  • Provide comprehensive assistance in writing skills within the context of organised, logical and coherent presentations of research proposals and theses.
  • Assist postgraduate students with supervisor's comments in proposals or thesis drafts.

Duties of the Statistical Coaches

  • Assistance with the development of data collection tools (surveys, questionnaires, etc)
  • Data preparation and cleaning:
    • Master sheet preparation, coding and labeling
    • Data cleaning
    • Assist with data analysis
    • Use of data analysis software: SPSS and AtlasTi.

COACHES DO NOT WRITE FOR STUDENTS AND ARE NOT SUPERVISORS!

To request and be assigned a writing or statistical coach, please complete the JOTFORM via the link below:
https://form.jotform.com/51601578349965

     

EndNote is reference management software with features to keep all your references and reference-related materials in a searchable personal library.

EndNote enables researcher to:

  • Promote new and ongoing research
  • Provide a standardised reference management tool with access anywhere
  • Track research trends, authors or topics easily
  • Capture, store, and organize vast collections of research in one place
  • Simplify bibliography and report creation within Microsoft® Word
  • Collaborate and share research across departments and organizations globally

Endnote Installation Guide:

More information and tips on using EndNote and links to resources can be found here: 


 

Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network that serves as an information system to support research. 

It can help researchers to:

  • Set up, organise and manage a library;
  • Find new research on the embedded search feature;
  • Access, manage and share references and research data;
  • Share documents and collaborate;
  • Highlight and annotate documents;
  • Showcase your latest research;
  • Find funding, and identify career opportunities.

Mendeley Installation Guide:

Download and install

Create a free account

UWC LIBRARY & INFORMATION SERVICES

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Tel: 021 959 2946