Finding, using and evaluating library resources online 

Have a look at the links and videos below to help you get to grips with finding, using and evaluating library resources online.  

This video takes you through Making Effective Use of LibrarySearch. For more information, read the full blog post on Top Ten Tips using LibrarySearch here.

Accessing Library resources online doesn’t have to be a challenge. Check out this blog post for tips on how to access Library Resources off campus.

Need help finding an e-book? This video takes you step by step on how to access our bank of e-books. You can read the full blog post on the different e-book collections available through CCCU here.

Saving items to your favourites can help with organising your materials. The video below takes you through how to save items in LibrarySearch.

Perhaps you want to use databases to search for articles. This video demonstrates how to search for articles using databases.

Google Scholar is an easy way to search the internet for scholarly literature. You can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Read the full blog on getting the most from Google Scholar here.

It’s important to check the quality of the articles your reading and whether they are good enough to use as part of your research. This video explains the BREAD technique and how to use it to check the credibility and validity of the sources your thinking of using.