Although I haven't personally made the switch yet, one of the features of
Word 2007 that I don't think exists in office 2003 is the bibliography tool
- where as you are writing - if you want to refenece something, you can add
a reference - this brings up a window, where you enter other information
(e.g. title of book, publisher, version etc...) then when you have finished
you can create an automatic bibliography, which displays the bibliographies
for the references used in whichever referencing system you are using.

Now this is a feature that I like, as there are many students (and staff)
that find referencing systems confusing, and I am aware of students not
using a wide range of different sources, just to reduce the referencing
burden on themselves, and I would rather the learners spent more time and
effort learning about their subject, and using a good range of sources
rather than learning how to properly create a Harvard (or similar)
reference, which is one of the least useful skills that I have never learnt.

I can hear the pencils being sharpened ready to stab me, at making such a
heretic remark!

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-----Original Message-----
From: Virtual Learning Environments [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Vicki McGarvey
Sent: 23 January 2009 14:26
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Subject: [VLES] Online tools for academic/writing skills

Dear All

I was wondering if anybody had come across any online tool/tools that
students could use to support the development of their academic writing or
writing skills.

If you do not want to reply to the list you can contact me directly.

Regards

Vicki McGarvey
Senior eLearning Developer
Educational Development Unit
Library Learning Resources
Nottingham Trent University.
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