Guide outline
This guide contains information provided by your librarians to help you with your studies and support your research.
Read through the outlines below to learn what is covered in each section of this guide. You can navigate to each of these sections via the menu on the left.
Resource Recommendation: Looking for quick links for books, e-books, databases, webpages and more? You'll find our top recommendations here.
Finding resources: In this section we share steps for finding relevant resources. Discover how to plan your search and how to add it into a database, plus a handy link to your search planner document
Google and Google Scholar: These web search engines have both disadvantages and advantages for finding information. Discover our tips to get the most out of Google and Google Scholar.
Accessing Library resources: After finding the information you need, you will want to access it! Here we provide some strategies to improve your access and connect to resources that Deakin Library subscribes to
Evaluate information: As scientists and science students, you need to use quality information for your study and work. Ensure what you're using is up to scratch by learning evaluation methods for identifying suitable sources.
Referencing: The handy tips in this section mean you can correctly attribute the sources used in your assessments and research.
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