| Subject resources | Getting started | Finding literature | Using literature |
Subject resources
Books
- Find books in the Library
New books for Communications Studies- Understanding shelfmarks
- Classification schemes (browse topics covered within each subject shelf mark)
- Suggest a book
- Search for books in other libraries
Reading lists
- Reading lists for Communications Studies
- Reading lists (all subjects)
- Interpreting your reading list (tutorial)
Reference works
Conference papers and proceedings
Theses
Historic, rare and archive material
Databases
Journals and journal articles
Websites
- Find and evaluate websites
- Subject gateways (collections of web resources that have been evaluated by subject experts)
- Internet for Media and Communication (Virtual Training Suite tutorial)
Use other libraries
- Searching for books in other libraries
- SCONUL Access: borrow material from other university libraries
- Use other libraries
Newspapers
Election Broadcast Archive
Getting started
Finding literature
Preparation and planning
- Interpreting the task
Advice and activities to help you interpret assignment titles and understand what you are being asked to do. - Glossary of instructional words
Explanations of the terms (such as discuss, evaluate) that often appear in assignment briefs.
Finding the information you need
- Searching the Library Catalogue (tutorial)
- Searching for journal articles (tutorial)
- Web searching (tutorial)
- Finding information for your assignment: Search tips and techniques (tutorial)
- Citation searching
Find out who has referenced articles you are interested in - Improving your search results (PDF)
Evaluate the information you find
Managing the information you find
- EndNote: guides, online tutorials, workshops
EndNote helps you manage your references and create a bibliography or reference list. - Referencing tools
Information about different reference management tools. - Social bookmarking
- Managing documents in Word (PDF)
- Managing information for your PhD
Interactive action maze to consider some of the issues relating to managing large amounts of information
Keeping up to date with new information
- RSS and publication alerts
- Saving your catalogue searches (video)
How to save your catalogue searches, get the Library to automatically run your searches for you every week and email you any new results.
How do you find the relevant information you need quickly?
Develop an awareness of the information sources available and techniques to use to be efficient and effective.
