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Resources

Check Library Guide Bachelor of Laws (https://libraryguides.vu edu au/la w) – an A-Z list of subject specific online resources from Administrative Law to Wills and Estates

Use VU EasyRef – an easy-to-use, interactive, mobile-based referencing tool for AGLC4. Scan the QR code to have VU EasyRef on your mobile: QR code for VU Easy Ref

Classes

Attend legal research classes on how to classes about the process of legal research (Inquiry Law), and Criminology. Classes are offered every locate case law, legislation, secondary sources for law, and reference using AGLC4.There are also block – see Library Guide Bachelor of

Laws (https://libraryguides.vu.edu.au/law).

Talk with law librarians online via Zoom: get tips on how to search for resources more effectively and reference them correctly: case law, legislation, journals, books and more Zoom meeting by appointment: Mon-Fri, 8am-4pm. Email librarian to book an appointment and please state your preferred time/day: murray.greenway@vu.edu.au or debra hutchinson@vu edu aU

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The attention span of a goldfish.' A phrase I never understood until I started tracking a consistent pattern of getting distracted by the littlest of things, all while entertaining widely productive activities Let megiveyouanexample.Theotherday,Isatdownto figure out a research essay due in 43 hours, (because let's be real, the true genius only reveals itself when you are at the precipice of panic and hysterics, and is weigheddownbyanearingdeadline popped up on YouTube that a new video had been uploadedby'HowtoSurvive'titledas,'Howtosurvive a crocodile attack' (Spoiler alert: You cannot survive)

It seemed important at that point to watch this with myutmostattentionsoImovedtothebedandunder the blanket Seven hours later I had 36 hours remaining for my essay because I fell asleep midlistening to my beloved 'Crocodile attack survival' video. PomodoroTechnique

My first source of distraction was not the TV, I sat before, the bed that was calling me from a few metres away, or my phone which seemed to buzz so incessantly as though it were calling out to me. No!

My first source of distraction, was 'aesthetics'. For my productivity in getting down a stellar essay hinged upon the aesthetics with which I wrote the title of my notes in my diary, 'Research Essay' After writing, rewriting, scrapping, and restarting, I decided to pick up my phone to look into potential ideas for putting togethernotesofthehighestorder Ofcourse,asIdidthis,anotification

Ultimately, when your actions are controlled or affected by bad habits or a reduced attention due to overstimulation and the sheer privilege of too many reasons to not be productive than to be productive, it is necessary to get down to the brass tacks of what getsyoutotheendgoalie yourbestproductiveself

It is not surprising that many of us out here are going through a similar struggle, which was why it also did not take a lot of googling to stumble across the 'Pomodorotechnique'

For those of you who are not familiar with this concept,thePomodorotechnique

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