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Digital Note Taking – Academic Skills Kit Newcastle University

This page provides guidance on and comparison of two pieces of note-taking software: Notion and RemNote.

Digital note-taking (about 1-2 hours).

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Managing Information Academic Skills Kit Newcastle University

When undertaking independent research for your essay, assignment or dissertation, you’ll need to manage the information you find so that you can use it efficiently, ethically and with academic integrity. We live in an age of information overload, so this may seem like a daunting task, but here we’ve got the tools and advice you need to get organised and stay in control.

Managing information.

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Wi Fi Connections

How to access University WiFi on your device.

Wi-fi connections.

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What do I store where?

Guidance on how to use file storage options in Office 365. When do you use OneDrive? When do you use Teams? How do they work together?

What do I store where in Microsoft 365?

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Digital Wellbeing

This page contains ideas to support your well-being in the hybrid workplace.

Digital wellbeing (up to half an hour).

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University Email

All students and staff have a Newcastle University email account hosted by Microsoft’s Office365 service. This page contains guidance on how to access and use it across several devices.

University email.

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Share files in Microsoft 365

Emailing attachments creates copies of documents, and it can be tricky to keep track of which is the definitive version. Sharing and collaborating on the same document tidies all this up, and keeps everyone working on the same version.

Share files in Microsoft 365.

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LibGuides – Referencing – Referencing styles

There are many different referencing styles, but this page hosts guidance for all of the styles used within the University. Your school or subject area will expect you to use a specific style, so check with them which one you should be using.

Referencing styles (up to half an hour).

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LibGuides – Referencing – Referencing software and tools

Guidance on some of the various referencing tools available, including EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero, BibTex, Cite them Right, and ZoteroBib.

Referencing software (up to half an hour).

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University Email

All students and staff have a Newcastle University email account hosted by Microsoft’s Office365 service. This page contains guidance on how to access and use it across several devices.

University email.