Get Free access to the Literature Review HQ Toolbox


**Now contains 10 videos and 2 eBooks!**

We respect your privacy!
10 free videos
Thumbnail image for Why I’m not worried about losing all my data (even the personal stuff!)
By

As you read this I’m probably travelling to Stockholm in Sweden. It’s a work trip so my luggage is weighed down with all the “necessary” technology including my laptop which contains all my personal data – not to mention my work. A few months ago, I would have been terrified ...

Read the full article →
Thumbnail image for Podcast Episode 10: Stylish Academic Writing with Helen Sword
By

I can’t believe we’ve got 10 podcasts on here already. It doesn’t seem like 5 minutes ago that I was talking with Alex Griekspoor from Papers on the first episode. This landmark episode is also the 3rd podcast recorded live and I had a record number of registrants (109 people!). ...

Read the full article →
Thumbnail image for Give your writing a makeover with Helen Sword (+ FREE giveaway)
By

Next week I’m going to be recording a great podcast episode with Helen Sword, the best selling author of “Stylish Academic Writing” and “The Writer’s Diet”. Helen really knows her stuff! I mean she has researched and published papers on different types of writing in every discipline imaginable. She breaks ...

Read the full article →
Thumbnail image for I’ll bet $1000 you don’t finish your literature review
By

What is the real cost of not achieving our goals? When we dig (very) deeply we might (just about) be able to reason that repeatedly missing our targets is quite costly. However this can be quite a difficult task and something we can’t do subconsciously in the heat of the ...

Read the full article →
Thumbnail image for Don’t be a Daddy Longlegs (but if you are we can fix your fangs)
By

Many of us know the myth* of the Daddy Longlegs. The deadly spider, brimming with venom that could take down an elephant if tasted a single drop. The problem for the Daddy Longlegs is it has very short fangs. This means it could never bite an animal like an elephant, ...

Read the full article →
Thumbnail image for Tragedy as promising literature review found dead after “J” overdose
By

The body of the literature review was found by an eminent professor at the local university, late last semester. “From first sight I knew they had been using J, I just didn’t realise how much,” stammered the traumatised academic. “I tried to remove as much of the J as I ...

Read the full article →
Thumbnail image for You know you’ve succeeded in academic writing when…
By

… errrm, well how do you know you’ve succeeded? I’ve had a number of conversations recently with attendees at my drop-ins about success. Well all want to succeed, and if you’re reading this blog chances are you want to succeed at writing, or you teach other to be successful. But ...

Read the full article →
Thumbnail image for 8 reasons to stop ignoring your library – NOW
By

There are people in this world who work tirelessly for you. They are paid to make sure that you can get the most out of your reading and writing. They are at the cutting edge, at the coal face, their professional life revolves around making information more easily accessible for ...

Read the full article →
Thumbnail image for “I HATE it when people use questions as titles to their articles”
By

One of my friends said this recently recently. When I heard it my heart sank. I mean HATE… really? Such a strong word for something so innocuous. So what if someone uses a question at the start of their paper or not? Surely it is the content that is more ...

Read the full article →
Thumbnail image for Who cares about New Year anyway?
By

A while ago I was talking to a friend just before New Year. The subject of New Year’s Eve came up and I asked him what he had planned. “Nothing” he said with a hint of disgust, “I don’t know why anyone cares about New Year”. “It’s such a waste ...

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →