Finding and using information
Introduction
During your time at university, your ability to independently find, evaluate, and use scholarly information will be key to producing high quality work. Techniques such as identifying relevant keywords before you start searching and taking good notes as you read can help you manage this process.
Self-help guides available for download
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Please also check our Guide to referencing for more tips and examples.
- Referencing Tips
- Referencing In Text Against A Reference List (Exercise)
- Referencing (Harvard) Bracket Positioning (Exercise)
- Referencing (Harvard) Identify Source Types (Exercise)
- Referencing (Harvard) Missing Punctuation (Exercise)
- Referencing (Harvard) Using Quotation Marks Correctly
- Referencing software - 4 Steps To Refworks
- Referencing (Harvard) Proofreading Checklist
- Referencing software - Logging Into Uob Resources Using The Institutional Login Button
- Referencing software - Using Free Referencing Tools
- Referencing software - Using Refworks For Systematic Review
PowerPoint guides
Finding copyright cleared images
The Study Hub: Online (our BREO Community) has links to resources on Creative Commons (CC) materials.
Academic reading and note taking
Finding and evaluating information
Document Supply - How to use Document Supply
Ebooks - Ebook licenses
Ebooks - Finding ebooks in the library catalogue
Ebooks - How to highlight and make notes in ebooks
Evaluating information - Fake News
Reading Lists – How to access reading lists through the reading lists @beds website (Talis)
Reading Lists – How to access reading lists through BREO
Research - Digital Library
Research - Discover: advanced searching
Research - Discover: finding the full text of articles
Research - Discover: how to do a basic search
Research - Discover: how to use folders, search history and set up alerts
Research - Getting started with Emerald Insight
Research - Google search tips
Research - How to evaluate a resource
Research - How to use Credo Reference
Research - How to use Google scholar
Research - Using different types of Information
Research – Using keywords
Reservations - How to find and reserve books on the library catalogue
Subject guides - How to access your Library subject guide
Referencing
Referencing - How to use 'Cite them right' online
Referencing – Logging into Cite them right using your institutional login
Referencing - Referencing charts, graphs, and tables (Harvard)
Referencing – Refworks: an introduction
Referencing - Understanding citations and references
Referencing - Why you should be cautious when using free online referencing tools
Additional reading
See more on these topics at our Readinglists site or see our readinglist by topic below.
Identifying the information you need readinglist
Finding the right information readinglist
Evaluating sources readinglist
Managing and organising research readinglist
Finding copyright cleared images readinglist
Find out why fake news is a problem and what you can do about it from our Fake News guide
study help
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