Resources for writing students
You don't have fancy statics software on your computer? In some cases, these resources help:
VassarStats - a large free collection of online tests etc.
StatPages - this is a very large link collection leading you to free and/or online statistics tools.
PSPP - a free software, intended as an alternative for SPSS, recommended by a fellow student.
Stat Trek - Teach yourself statistics
Our Virtual PC Pool (German description only, sorry for that)
Plagiarism and Deception: Information for students (english)
[German version: Plagiat und Täuschung - Hinweise für Studierende]
You might also find these "Avoiding Plagiarism" pages useful, which are part of the Harvard Writing Resources.
In our library, we have a nice little book by Robert Neugeboren: "The Student's Guide to Writing Economics". Here is an older manuscript version of the book for download.
Our faculty's Institute of Economics has a short guide on how to meet the formal requirements of seminar papers or master theses (in German). An English version is forthcoming; in the meantime, have a look here.
Here are some links I like:
On the writer's block (which means "Schreibblockade" in German. It happens to the best of us)
Here is something in German: Im WS 2010/11 und den Sommersemestern 2010 & 2011 hatte ich zu Wiwi aktuell, die Zeitschrift des FB 07, eine kleine Serie über das Schreiben im Studium beigetragen. Eine Zusammenstellung dieser Artikelchen finden Sie hier. SPON brachte Präsentationstipps, die ich eigentlich sehr gut fand, bis auf einen, der da lautete: "Wenn es gar nicht anders geht, sollten Erstsemester den Vortrag erst einmal ganz ablesen" - niemals auch nur in Erwägung ziehen!
If you have some other useful links that you would like me to recommend, please let me know. And please report broken links!