To locate relevant information for your assessment tasks, you need to:
1. know what information you need - analyse your topic, and identify the key concepts (keywords) you can use to do research
2. know where to look for and get hold of information - textbooks, journal articles, readings etc
3. know how to search the sources - use keywords to locate and refine your search results
4. know how to evaluate the information you have found
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Books (print & electronic) – academic books, textbooks provide broad and in-depth information on a topic, published by University presses and Academic or Professional publishers |
Primo (the catalogue ) |
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Journal article - articles written by experts in a particular field and provide most recent research, findings, and news in that field. These resources will provide the most substantial information for your research and papers |
Primo (the catalogue) |
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Online materials - Government publications, research reports, conference papers, maps, and other resources, current news and information from reputable websites |
Search engines Websites |