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Finding Library resources

Once you've planned your search, you are ready to start looking for relevant resources. This page outlines how to locate e-books, print books and journal articles and unpacks terms such as scholarly journal and peer review.


Finding e-books

E-books can be a great place to start your research. They may provide in depth, long form research, an overview of the research in your topic or chapters discussing specific but related research topics. 

Deakin College students have access to a select range of electronic resources. To browse e-books only, select the ‘e-books’ limit from the filters on the A-Z databases page


Using e-books

The easiest way to read an e-book is to access and read it online without downloading it. If you are going to be using the e-book when you have no internet access, you may wish to download the e-book. Each e-book platform can look a bit different, but most have similar features.

 


Finding print books

Use the Catalogue to search for print books in the Library. Select the ‘print books’ option from the drop-down selection to refine your search. You can request a book from any campus by clicking the ‘REQUEST IT’ button.


Borrowing

Use your Deakin College card to borrow up to 50 items at a time from the Library.

Please note: Deakin College students cannot access interlibrary loans or the CAVAL or ULANZ reciprocal borrowing schemes. Equipment is also unavailable to Deakin College students.

Finding journal articles

Journal articles are written by experts on very specific topics of research. The articles are published within journals, which are scholarly publications that are released regularly throughout the year. You can access journals from databases and Google Scholar.

To search for journal articles visit the A-Z databases page. From this page you can search for databases relevant to your subject area, or use one of the popular multidisciplinary databases. Once you have selected a database to search you can then use keywords from your research topic to search for and find relevant articles.


Finding scholarly resources