LibGuides: Graduate Research Portal: Writing

Writing

As a graduate student, writing and publishing papers or research is likely to become an important part of your life. Most graduate programs at the University of Lethbridge will require you to write and submit a thesis to the School of Graduate studies, a project that will take up a large portion of your time as a student. The purpose of this section of the guide is to provide you easy access to information about publishing your work, the various thesis requirements set out by your faculty and how to write with integrity and avoid scholarly misconduct.

Copyright and Publishing

Creators of original works have the sole right to produce, reproduce, perform, publish, adapt, and distribute their works, and to authorize these acts by others. The Copyright Act allows users certain limited rights which are exceptions to copyright (user rights); these rights do not infringe copyright. User rights include those uses deemed to be fair dealing for purposes of research, private study, criticism, review, news reporting, education, parody, and satire.

Research Repository

University of Lethbridge Research Repository

The University's publicly accessible research repository contains a collection of research, data and publications completed by the academic community. University of Lethbridge users can find out how to deposit their research publications in Opus here.

Writing Centre

The Writing Centre provides students with practical writing support that supplements in-class instruction and helps students understand a wide variety of writing assignments, including: research papers, summaries, critical essays, literature reviews, annotated bibliographies, and lab reports.