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Support and resources for Higher Degree by Research students

Discover the Library services, support and resources for new and continuing Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students including software, data management, research integrity, reviews, writing, proofreading, metrics and use of artificial intelligence (AI)

Writing and formatting

The best way to understand the requirements for a successful thesis is to study some examples of recent theses from your discipline. Use the instructions for finding UQ theses to locate theses in the Library Search. 

Workshops 

Guides 

Academic and scientific writing resources

Books

Other

Proofreading and editing

Learn how to review your writing to ensure consistency and accuracy in grammar, spelling, punctuation and formatting.

Proofreading is the final stage of the editing process of your work, to ensure no errors remain. These errors may be factual or stylistic and detract from the professionalism of your work.

Find a proofreader or editor

iThenticate

iThenticate is a plagiarism detection tool to check your written work before publication.

Use iThenticate to check the academic integrity of your work for milestone submissions and publication. It must be used in preparation for your thesis’ final examination and for submission to UQ eSpace.

Learn more about iThenticate