Finding Information training and workshops |
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| Duration: | 17 mins Recorded | Start Training |
You can find out more information on how to find print books, ebooks, reading lists, journal articles and how to use your library account on our Library Search help page which contains 3 short videos (total viewing time 17 mins)
Please email us at libenqs@soton.ac.uk if you have any questions.
| Duration: | 35 mins Recorded | Start Training |
This workshop will help you to identify which databases to use for your assignments. Using the multidisciplinary database Proquest One Academic, you will learn step by step, how to create an effective search strategy using operators, syntax, and filters. This is a Panopto recording of a live webinar.
| Duration: | 10 mins Recorded | Start Training |
This short recording will help you to identify suitable databases for your assignments, and develop a search strategy. Using the database CINAHL, you will learn how to use Boolean operators and syntax to create an effective search.
| Duration: | 27 mins Recorded | Start Training |
This short recording will help you understand how to find Subject Headings (MESH) to help improve your search strategy using the CINAHL database. Please view the Basic recording first.
| Duration: | 26 mins Recorded | Start Training |
This recording explores the current situation within academic publishing and literature databases and the challenges that may arise for authors trying to making their voices heard in research and published sources. We consider why diverse voices and sources of information are important to research and the challenges to identifying this content. We look at search tools and potential sources to begin to find diverse voices and touch on evaluating information that we find in sources outside of the usual academic peer-reviewed mediums.
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| Duration: | N/A | Start Training |
Starting out on your research project? Discover the essential information and skills that you will need: working with your supervisor, integrity in research, planning, literature review, time management, and data management.
(University of Southampton Content)
| Duration: | 16 mins | Start Training |
By the end of this activity you should should be able to:
-explain what a search strategy is
-idenfity key concepts and key words in a search question
-use search tools and techniques, such as Boolean operators, phrase searching and wildcards
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| Duration: | 5 mins | Start Training |
Tutorial which shows you how to find library resources specifically aimed at your subject area using the subject guides on the Library's website.
(University of Southampton Content)
| Duration: | 6 mins | Start Training |
This tutorial takes you through some additional tools which will help you to develop your searching skills. It covers subject heading, thesaurus searching and citation searching.
| Duration: | 8 mins | Start Training |
By the end of this activity you should be able to identify the different resources on your reading lists and use tools and approaches to find resources on your reading lists