Sandra - Academic Writing S2012

Hey there,

getting finally the time and motivation to really read through all my reference made me only more curious about my topic - although it is pretty unknown, once into the topic, it's hard to put it aside.

I found a very smart way to cite all the source - it is a function of the normal Word processing programm, where you only have to enter all the data of your source. Then on the end of your document u click on the function 'bibliography' and there it is - your perfectly cited and designed reference list. Even in-text citations are possible. So this is a pretty smart way to support writing academic papers as it saves a lot of time and helps you not to loose any sources!

Currently I'm trying to write on the introduction and conclusion for my paper, which is a really taff one for me - as I'm not quite sure yet, where my writing is gonna lead me. Well, however as we have to chance to re-write things anyway, I'm just gonna see what time brings!

Stay foolish! Stay hungry!

Sandra

Dear Sandra,

Hope you are still motivated for further writing. Which grade did you receive on your paper proposal? He was quite satisfied with mine, he said that he is looking forward to a really interesting paper.

A colleague recommended a really useful link that I also want to recommend you:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

That is an academic website where the APA style is explained with many examples, so I think that will help for further progress in your paper. Generally I think that APA is something useful because it is the international standard and we will need it for further writing activities here on the JKU or at least when we are writing our master thesis.

Greetings, Daniel