Library tutorial for Humanities and Social Sciences

This tutorial is to introduce you to library resources you may need to use for research and writing essays. It is divided into a number of sections listed below.
At the end of some sections is a list of questions and suggested answers - you may choose to test yourself to see how well you have understood the material covered.

Contents

The library website is your starting point for using the Library and its resources.

Section 2: Deciphering references in a reading list or bibliography

This section will help you to recognise the difference between references to journal articles, books, and book chapters.

Section 3: Searching the catalogue for journals and books

This section explains how to search the catalogue effectively for books or journals.

Section 4: Searching for journal articles on a topic

This section gives some general tips on how to search for journal articles on a topic in databases.

Section 5: Searching databases

This section shows you how to search 2 specific databases - Australia/NZ Reference Centre and Academic OneFile.

Section 6: Searching the Internet

This section looks at locating information on the Internet and evaluating the information you find there.