The Lighthouse

Referencing

APA style: 7th edition

• APA Interactive and the APA Style section of OWLL have now been updated in line with the 7th edition of the APA Style manual.
• The NCTL will continue to support students using the 6^th edition. The differences between the 6^th and 7^th editions can be found at 6th vs. 7th edition, and APA interactive (6th edition) can be accessed via 6th vs. 7th edition.

New:

• APA 6th vs 7th edition – outlines the differences between the 6th and 7th editions of APA.
• Sample APA 7th cover page
• Formatting tables and figures.
• Headings

Chicago style

New:

• The Chicago style section has been expanded and now includes new pages on Books, Journals, Online material, Other material, Notes referencing elements, Quoting and paraphrasing, and the Author-date system.

Coming soon:

• Chicago interactive – A new interactive tool that allows you to create customised examples of Chicago references and footnote.

MLA style

New:

• MLA Interactive – A new interactive tool that allows you to create customised examples of MLA references and in-text citations.

Updated:

• The MLA style section has been updated to reflect the 8th edition of the MLA Handbook.

Workshops and online tutorials

StudyUp

New:

• StudyUp Semester 1 2020 schedule.
• New interactive digital learning objects (DLOs) have been added to the StudyUp Resources page. These include  How to use reading techniques and note taking with a literature matrix, How to avoid plagiarism (online tutorial), and How to do critical analysis (online tutorial), How to do critical analysis (additional resource). More DLOs will be added soon.

Assignment Types

New:

• Shorter responses and single paragraph answers page – provides guidance on this type of assignment.

Updated:

• The Business report, Lab report, and Oral presentation sections have been updated to reflect current Massey assignment requirements for these types of assignments.

Academic writing

New:

• Page on Te Reo Māori
• Page on Professional emails

Updated:

• The Academic writing section has been updated.

Computer skills

New:

• Updated links for Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint have been added.

Updated:

• Stream page.

Distance study

Updated:

•  The Distance study section.

Study Skills

New:

• An example semester plan and template have been added for semester one 2020.

Updated:

• The Critical thinking, Note-taking, Memory skills, Time management, and Reading sections have been updated.

About OWLL

New:

• New online booking system for one to one consultations.

Updated:

• About section
• Additional information about how to submit to the Pre-reading Service.

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