Finding resources is an essential skill used to navigate the vast sea of information available in the healthcare field.
This skill encompasses the ability to:
Developing this skill can enhance your academic performance and prepare you for evidence-based practice in your future medical career, by developing your ability to find, analyse, and apply the most current and reliable medical information.
As a Deakin student, you have a wealth of resources and support through the Deakin Library. Click the icons below to read more about different types of information sources.
Units you undertake in your course may have a prescribed or recommended textbook. Many textbooks are available via Library Search or your reading list as an e-book.
Use the search box on the Find textbooks webpage to discover if a unit has a prescribed and/or recommended text.
You can find a range of electronic and physical resources through the Library. To search for information on a topic follow these steps:
Check out our guide finding evidence for health assessments, as it steps you through how to perform an effective search for a topic using search techniques.
You've found resources, but how do you know whether the information they contain are reliable and accurate? As medical students it's critical that the information you're using for assessments, study, and work have a strong evidence base.
Check out the Dependability Checklist we created to help you evaluate articles and information you find for your assessments and research. Additionally, explore the SIFT Method as a simple 4-step method to help you evaluate information that you find on the web.
There are different referencing styles which you may be asked to use in your assessments. The Deakin Referencing Guide provides detailed instructions to help figure out the how to reference.
If you need more help, ask Study Support, your referencing experts at Deakin.