Videos and Podcasts
Looking for more hands-on instruction? Check out these great resources in video or podcast formats. As always, if you aren't sure where to begin or would like some face-to-face help from our team, give us a call at 503-494-5340 or make a free appointment today!
APA and citations
Writing tips
Understanding research articles
Learning support
Ted talks
Reading comprehension
Resumes
Graduate students
- APA Basics Tutorial (7th edition)
- Paraphrasing and Direct Quotation: A Brief Primer - Great video on differences between paraphrasing and quoting.
Organizing Your Paper
- The MEAL Plan: A Brief Explanation – This is a must to improve your writing! This technique can help you organize your draft at both the paragraph and whole-paper levels.
- Reverse Outlining: A Tool for Revision – You're done writing your paper, but you think something's not quite right. Reverse outlining is an excellent tool to organize your draft and check it for coherence. Find out about it here!
Grammar Tips
- How to Write Better - Writing Tips on Voice, Tense, Perspective, Cliche and Wordiness – The title says it all. Includes a very clear explanation of the difference between active and passive voice.
Integrating Sources
Synthesizing Research
- From Idea to Library – This short video resolves the mystery of what research articles are and where they come from.
- Test Taking Strategies – Do you get nervous before an exam? Worried about an up-coming test? This video can help! Specific, user-friendly techniques are explained in a light-hearted manner.
Check out these enlightening videos when you have a little more time:
- Body Language and Communication – How your body language affects what you communicate. Interesting and informative!
- Communicating Science - This clip, "Talk Nerdy to Me," has great tips on how to better convey scientific information (like nursing information!)
- Narrative Medicine - This is a poignant video that could profoundly change how you approach your nursing practice.
- Nursing Resumes -- Resumes with OHSU nurses in mind
- Your Nursing Resume -- A short presentation to help get you started drafting your nursing resume
- Writing for publication
These 3 videos will help guide you through the process of publishing your own journal article. - Conducting a literature search