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Category: Research & Learning

EOLAS / Library System / Research Tools / Search Tips / Search Tools / Searching / Searching for Resources

EOLAS: Simple Search

EOLAS: Simple Search

Searching the Library
In this month’s feature will be exploring EOLAS: the library’s search engine. We’ll look at:
• What it is
• How it works
• How to conduct a simple search with it

Academic Research Projects / Academic Writing / Digital Identity / Library System / Research & Learning

Future-Proof Your Research

Going Independent
In this month’s feature we explore how and why you should make your research independent of the academic IT systems in which you created it. We’ll look at:
• Why should you do this?
• Your different digital identities
• Places you might have data stored.
• How to extract data to use it after your course is finished

Academic Research Projects / Academic Writing / Dissertation / Postgraduate / Referencing / Research & Learning / Thesis / Undergraduate

Understanding Your Academic Project

In this month’s feature we explore how to understand your final project through its:
1. Scope
2. Format
3. Methodology
4. Research Methods
5. Referencing Style

Research & Learning / Research Tools / Saving Search Data / Search Tips / Search Tools / Searching / Searching for Resources

Search Patterns: Refining Resource Searches

Would you like to listen to this month’s post? Searching for Resources In this month’s feature we cover methods that refine your resource searches. We’ll look at: The first two …

Blogpost / EBSCO Folders / Research Tools / Search Tools / Searching / Searching for Resources

Managing Your Resources: EBSCO Folders

Would like to listen to this month’s post? Library Tools for your Research There are many different tools within the library system and website to help you manage your research. …

Academic Writing / Cite-Them-Right / Dissertation / EndNote / Referencing / Research & Learning / Thesis / Writing Tips

Referencing Advice

In this month’s feature we talk about referencing:
• What it is
• Harvard Style Referencing
• Referencing tools

Academic Writing / Dissertation / Research & Learning / Saving Search Data / Search Tips / Searching for Resources / Thesis / Writing Tips

Search Engines and Search Tips

In this month’s feature we talk about how search engines work, search techniques to find resources for academic projects and the importance of saving your both your searches and your results.

Academic Writing / ATU Library Service / Borrowing / Databases / ebooks / EOLAS / Research & Learning / Searching / Thesis

Thesis Writing: Finding Resources

This month we’re tackling how to find good quality resources for your dissertation or thesis.

Academic Writing / Research & Learning / Study Tips / Thesis

Thesis Writing: Creating Your Research Question

This month’s feature: how to create your Research Question. Yeats Library guides you through a 5 Step process to help you build your research question for your thesis.

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