How good are you at finding relevant resources for assignments? This module will help you understand the processes involved and introduce you to some more advanced techniques required.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand better how to perform an effective search using LibrarySearch.
- Appreciate why it is important to search not only LibrarySearch but also our individual subscribed databases.
- Understand how to combine your search keywords using AND or OR, in what is called a Boolean search.
- Understand what databases such as EThOS and Open Dissertations can offer you and how to use them to locate unpublished doctoral theses, as well as how to find “grey literature” online.
Find out more on the next page: How does the main LibrarySearch search screen really work?
To navigate through this module, please click on the links in the menu on the right-hand side or if you are using a mobile phone these links will appear below.
Author(s): Lawrence Dean
Last updated: August 2021