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Study & Research Help
‘Learn how to…’
- Find a journal article in UCC Library
(video) (PDF version) - Find the best databases for your assignments and research (video)
- Search for journal articles on a topic in a named journal PDF (985KB)
- Do a Literature Search PDF (153KB)
- Find images for your coursework & research PDF (410KB)
- Find audio visual resources in the Library
- Find Theses
- Evaluate information for your assignments and research PDF (399KB)
- Use EndNote PDF (3.83MB)
- Find Journal Impact Factors PDF (611KB)
- Search the Web More Effectively for your Assignments and Research. Full PDF guide & videos) See also:
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Do a Keyword, Title, Author or Subject Search in UCC Library
(video)
Subject Guides:
Subject resources and other links, chosen by Librarians, to assist you in finding quality information in your area of interest:
Arts & Humanities Business Engineering Food & Nutritional Sciences Science Social Sciences Medicine & Health
Writing Skills:
- How to write a literature review: Excellent guide from the Emerald database; includes sections on What is a literature review?, Stages of a literature review, Organizing a literature review, Further information and examples. See also: Writing better essays, Understanding academic writing and further Study Skills
- Writing Skills from Oxford Dictionaries Pro: Clear, straightforward guidance and tips for good English writing, from spelling rules and tricky grammar points to how to avoid jargon.
Free tutorials on the web:
- Effective Web Searching:
- Virtual Training Suite: free Internet tutorials to help you learn how to get the best from the Web for your education and research - includes most subject areas.
- Noodle Tools: Choose the best search for your information need
- Evaluating your Sources:
- Internet Detective: learn to discern the good, the bad and the ugly for your online research
- Info Literacy: Evaluating Information Sources
- Avoiding Plagiarism:
- ‘Don’t Cheat Yourself’ produced by University of Leicester
- ‘You quote it, you note it’, produced by Vaughan Memorial Library, Acadia University
- Referencing:
- Referencing Guide N.B. Harvard style (University of the West of England)
- Referencing at Portsmouth : Harvard APA Guide (University of Portsmouth)
- APA (American Psychological Association)
- MHRA Style Guide (Modern Humanities Research Association)
- Vancouver Style Guide (University of Queensland)
- Vancouver Style Guide (Monash University)
- Chicago Manual of Style
- MLA (Modern Language Association) Formatting & Style (Purdue University)
- ACS (American Chemical Society) Style Guide (UC Berkeley)
- ACS (American Medical Association) Style Guide (Samford University)
- IEEE Style Guide Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.
- General:
- InfosmART: produced by Glasgow School of Art; excellent easy-to-follow interactive modules in information, study and research skills.
- Finding your academic voice: A student's guide to the art of academic writing: by Everitt Reynolds, Ann; Maguire, Moira; Delahunt, Brid (Dundalk Institute of Technology)
- Student survival guide to writing a good essay: Cardiff University Podcasts
- Library Research Skills Tutorial: produced by the University of London
- Engage in Research: interactive resource produced by the University of Reading
- Info Skills: produced by the University of East London
- Research Strategies: Finding your way through the Information Fog abridged version of book by William Badke
Last updated: 17 April 2013
