Naked Statistics

Looking for a fun and simple guide to statistics? This is the book for you!

Charles Wheelan, Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data, New York: Norton, 2013.

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Can't find items on your reading list?

This new online tutorial will help you identify and locate books, book chapters, and journal articles. You can test yourself to check your knowledge.

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How to Not Write Bad

Ben Yagoda says that teaching students to write well may be too ambitious a goal. Instead he aims to improve your writing by eliminating those common errors such as spelling mistakes, poorly chosen words, and train-wreck punctuation. In his book How to Not Write Bad you’ll find lots of helpful advice.

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How to Write a Lot

Motivational books are not usually found in university libraries, but one that seems appropriate is How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Academic Writing. Psychologist Paul Silvia discusses specious barriers to writing (can't find the time... need to do more research first... need a better computer... or just waiting for inspiration), and offers motivational tools and practical suggestions for overcoming them.

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Audiovisual Library tours

Do you need to access films and other audiovisual material from the Library collections? Come to the Audiovisual Library and join a 10 minutes tour!

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General Library Tours

Lost? It does not have to be this way. We are offering tours through the General Library during the first two weeks of Semester 1.

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Moving Pictures, Optical Entertainments and the Advent of Cinema

The database Victorian Popular Culture added a new section to its collection - Moving Pictures, Optical Entertainments & the Advent of Cinema.

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Creative Printmaking in New Zealand, 1930-2007: An Annotated Bibliography

Fiona Ward has listed 105 references that record all available published, unpublished and digital material about the history of creative printmaking in New Zealand from 1930 to 2007.

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Audio Drama - new video online tutorials

Audio Drama: The L.A. Theatre Works Collection provides access to over 300 dramatic works in streaming audio from the curated archive of the United States' premiere radio theatre company.

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Listen to Shakespeare Audio Plays

Discover Shakespeare Audio Plays - an online collection of fully dramatised unabridged recordings of all of Shakespeare's 38 plays.

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