One of the first tasks a research student has
to undertake is producing a literature review. This session will help by providing a brief
introduction to library resources and services.
The session will briefly cover the topics below and provide options to follow up for more information:
• Search
skills
and why you need them
• Literature
databases and cited reference searching
• Getting
the full-text
• Alerts
and/or saved searches
• Keeping
up to
date
• Journal
impact
factors
• Brief
Introduction
to reference
management
software
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