170 indexed pages. Good writing skills don't always come naturally. Students faced with writing essays, assignments, tutorial papers, dissertations or theses should find this book of use. It clarifies the complexities of formal writing, and is up to date for the late 1990s reflecting technological advances such as the use of the World Wide Web for referencing, and computers to write and publish. Table of Contents: Part 1 Assignment writing and theses at the tertiary level: writing at the tertiary level; planning the assignment; planning the thesis; scholarly writing - a case study; computer tools for writing; the computer as information tool. Part 2 Writing the assignment or thesis: common features of editorial style; the general format; page and chapter format; the use of quotations; footnotes. Part 2 Revising the assignment of thesis: editing and evaluating the final product. For tertiary students.