University of Adelaide Library tutorial for business, commerce and economics. tutorial

Business, Commerce & Economics

Library Skills Tutorials

1st tutorial

Getting Started
new staff & students

Library Website
orientation

Catalogue search
for texts & all other research

Resource Guides
Beginning your research

2nd tutorial

Search Technique
generic search skills

Basics - using:
AND, OR, truncation, phrase

Limits - by field,
subject, date, format etc

Locating full text
Journals & other resources.
Interlibrary Requests

3rd tutorial

Databases
for journals & other info.

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 before beginning the next one:
1. Getting started - Library website and finding text books.
2. Search technique - important generic research skills.
3. Databases - indexes to academic information - instructions for key databases.
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 Business/Commerce or Economics.

Remember to exit University computers fully whenever you finish using them.
If you have used the Internet and do not exit, subsequent Internet resource used by other users will be charged to your internet allocation (quota). See http://www.adelaide.edu.au/ITS/snap/ for details of your allocation.

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

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Updated: 11th June, 2008, Bernadine Hardin