Academic Research Booklet

Use linking words to create flow You should link your sections to other parts of your essay where appropriate by saying things like 'As discussed previously...' or '...this point will be expanded on in the next section.' The following tables provide helpful words and phrases you might want to incorporate in your writing. 37

Putting all this into practice the following reflection can be reduced significantly without losing any meaning and in doing so it becomes more succinct: In terms of my methodology I got stuck right away when I found the library didn’t have any books relevant to my study. (23 words) In terms of methodology, I hit a snag immediately when I couldn’t find relevant books in the library. (18 words) So I googled some possible titles and then asked the librarian if she could order some in for me, which she did. (22 words) To overcome this, I suggested possible titles to the librarian who ordered some books for me. (16 words)