| Getting started | Subject resources | Finding literature | Using literature |
Getting started
Subject resources
Books
- Find books in the Library
New books for Geography- Understanding shelfmarks
- Classification schemes (browse topics covered within each subject shelf mark)
- Suggest a book
- Search for books in other libraries
Reference works
Conference papers and proceedings
Journals and journal articles
Reading lists
- Reading list for Geography
- Reading lists (all subjects)
- Interpreting your reading list (tutorial)
Maps and atlases
Databases
Websites
- Find and evaluate websites
- Subject gateways (collections of web resources that have been evaluated by subject experts)
- Internet for Geography (Virtual Training Suite tutorial)
Theses
Use other libraries
- Searching for books in other libraries
- SCONUL Access: borrow material from other university libraries
- Use other libraries
Statistics and data
Historic, rare and archive material
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.
Recent additions to the Library
Olympic tourism / Mike Weed.
Climate change mitigation and international development cooperation / edited by Ryo Fujikura and Tomoyo Toyota.
The SAGE handbook of housing studies / edited by David F. Clapham, William A.V. Clark and Kenneth Gibb.
Belgrade : formal/informal : a research on urban transformation / edited by, ETH Studio Basel, Contemporary City Institute ; essays by Roger Diener ... [et al.].
Forests and climate change : the social dimensions of REDD in Latin America / Anthony Hall.
The Library's RoaDMaP project aims to produce an institutional policy and guidelines on research data management: http://t.co/thzlmUfJ
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Thank you for your feedback! Results of the 2011 LibQUAL survey are out now. Find out what we’ll do next at: http://t.co/89aJ6bpn
11/05/2012 09:08