Schedule a tutoring appointment

The library offers free tutoring for students and employees at Umeå University. The tutoring is primarily conducted remotely via Zoom.

  1. Choose the type of tutorial
  2. Choose an appointment time
  3. Complete booking
  4. The booking is finished

Choose the type of tutorial

We can help you with

Academic writing

Do you have questions about:

  • The writing process - planning, drafting, revising?
  • The organisation and development of ideas in your paper?
  • What consistant pattern of errors you make?
  • Improving your writing skills?
  • Choose only one time for an appointment.
  • Are you writing the text together with someone? Please book the tutoring session as a group.
  • We can offer you 1-3 tutoring sessions, depending on what we agree on and the length of the text.
  • Please contact us if you have any questions. Choose the "Search, write and study" option in the library’s contact form.

Remember we are not a fix-it shop for correcting and proofreading. We are here to help you work on developing as writer and editor of your own work.

Information searching and retrieval

  • From research questions to keywords and then to searching in databases/search engines.
  • Tutoring in searching for sources to use with a literature review.
  • Are you a student? If you are scheduled for a group tutoring session, please attend that session instead of booking an individual appointment.

Presentation skills

Do you have questions about:

  • Creating and structuring a presentation?
  • Delivering your presentation?
  • Identifying areas to improve in your presentation?
  • Improving confidence when presenting?

Referencing

  • Questions about in-text referencing or the reference list.
  • Help with the reference management software Zotero. Before booking a tutorial appointment, please review the library's open online course: Check your references – get started with Zotero!

Study skills

Do you have questions about:

  • Note taking during lectures or from texts?
  • How to read coursebooks or research articles?
  • Time management for course or an assignment?
  • How to understand an assignment?