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Business School & School of Economics

Library Skills Tutorials

Graduate Attributes & Information Literacy

Research Librarian - Bernadine Hardin

1st tutorial

Getting Started


Orientation

Library A-Z

Referencing

Resource Guides
Beginning your research

2nd tutorial

Search Technique


Boolean: AND;  OR 

+ truncation; phrase

Limits -
by field, subject, date, etc

Locating full text

3rd tutorial

Databases


Choosing / Finding
a database

Instructions for
key
Databases

Internet (Advanced)
searching & evaluating

Instructions:

These tutorials will be more useful if you:

  • Work through each tutorial  in order 1-3:
    1. Getting started - Library web site and finding your text books.
    2. Search technique - key search skills.
    3. Databases - indexes to academic information including journal articles..
    Start early before you have assignments to do.
  • Test your grasp of various aspects by using quizzes, worksheets and exercises.

Your lecturer may require that you complete a Library Skills Quiz based on the information in this tutorial. 

See also the Resource Guides for either Business School or School of Economics.

Contact your Research Librarian (Bernadine Hardin) if you have questions relating to your research or other Library issues.

 

Updated: 07-May-2010, Bernadine Hardin