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Credo Reference

Access for Falmouth University only Credo Reference contains dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopaedias, quotations and atlases, plus a wide range or subject-specific titles covering everything from accounting to zoology, via maps, math, management, martial arts, media studies, medicine, mountains, moons, music, multimedia, mythology.
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Dictation in Word

Dictate straight into Word using your inbuilt microphone or Word app on your smartphone. Watch the video to find out more.

Draw.io

“Draw.io is free online diagram software for making flowcharts, process diagrams, org charts and network diagrams”. Links easily to Google Drive, Dropbox and One Drive to make saving mindmaps easier
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Editor

Use Editor in Word and Outlook to check your spelling, grammar, punctuation, clarity, conciseness and much more.

End Note (Exeter)

EndNote is a software package that enables you to compile and manage your references, and to use them to automatically create in-text citations and bibliographies as you work. EndNote is subscribed to by the University of Exeter and can be used by all University of Exeter staff and students on the Penryn Campus.

Eric Barker - Barking Up The Wrong Tree

Weekly blog with advice on how to be more resilient, productive, successful and happy.

Evernote

Organise notes into notebooks. Add images, sketches, lists and webclips. Access anywhere. Available across a range of platforms.
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Evernote/Evernote Web Clipper

Save, organise and annotate images, webpages, photos, scans and files and sync across all your devices. Online, app (iOS and Android) and extension for Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge.

Focus Keeper Free

Free Pomodoro timer for iOS.

Focus Matrix – Task Manager

Free Priority Matrix app for iOS.

Footnotes VMT

Footnotes is a Visual Multilayered Thinking process developed by Oliver West.
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Forest

Available as a mobile app for iOS and Android and also a Chrome extension, Forest helps you put down your phone and get productive!

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General English Expressions

This International House resource has an extensive list of 1000+ useful expressions organised by language level ( from beginers to advanced) and by function (from apologising to talking about eating).

Get focused - 13 tools to eliminate distractions today

A round-up of some of the most useful tools and apps for cutting down on distractions.

Getting Critical

A useful short guide to critical thinking in practice.
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Google Keep

Save links, images and notes and sync these between your devices. Extension works with Chrome, Firefox and Edge. Also online and app for iOS and Android.

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Google podcasts

Explore and subscribe to Google podcasts.

Google Scholar

This is a search engine that searches academic literature. It pulls information from university repositories, journal publishers, and other ‘scholarly’ identified websites.

Google Slides

Create presentations with Google Slides online presentation software. Share, collaborate and get started quickly with pre-made templates.
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Grammar in writing

A resource that focuses on using grammar in your writing