Index 167
automatic saving to disc, 24
bibliography data base, 18
drawing and graphing tools, 36
editor, 18
figures and tables, 22, 23
footnotes, 20
hiding text, 23
line-art environment, 18
referencing tools, 36
spelling and grammar checkers, 18
style, 18
tracking changes, 23
USB flash drives, 24
Working styles, 54
Working with your supervisor see Supervisor,
relationship with, 55
Work routines, 39, 54
Writer’s block, 10, 47
Writing
procrastinating, 16
routines, 53
simultaneously with research, 40
Writing style
active voice, 26–28
carpet-bag sentences, 27
defensive, 77
first person, 28, 29
in humanities, 28
passive voice, 26, 28, 31, 33, 37
punctuation, 30, 125
thesiese, 26, 27, 30, 32
third person, 28, 29, 62
verb tenses, 30
Writing see also co-authored papers, 40