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• Get Started @ The Library (3.19MB in PDF format) or check the full Student IT Handbook 2012 (4.3MB in PDF format)
• Learn online
• Library guides
• Check a Subject Guide
• Manage your references
• Tours
• Contact your librarian

Good research needs good information.  Learn how to find and evaluate information from a wide range of sources.

Learn online

Take a Learning & Information Skills Tutorial:

• Searching for Information
• Evaluating Information
• Ethical use of information
• Annotated Bibliography
• Essay Writings with readings
• Business Report
• Scientific Report
• NZ Information Sources
• Pasifika Information Sources

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Library guides

• Cite your references
• Develop your study and writing skills
• Evaluating scholarly content (5 min video)
• Evaluate websites
• Find a book
• Find an e-book
• Find a journal article
• Find multimedia material
• Find music resources
• Find a thesis
• How to find an article using Google Scholar (2'28")
• How to renew a book on the library catalogue (2'21")
• How to set-up catalogue txt alerts (2'15")
• How to use Borrow Direct (2'55")
• How to use Course Reserve to find material (2'57")
• How to use Recall on the catalogue (2'25")
• Troubleshoot IT questions
• Which article database do I choose? (3'09")

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Manage your References

Introductory EndNote Course – 2 hours - free
Download references from the Web and from Library databases into EndNote. Learn to manage and export references into your writing.

• X4 introduction - Mac & PC (1.81MB in PDF format)
• X4 advanced - Mac & PC (1.47MB in PDF format)
• X5 introduction - Mac & PC (1.48MB in PDF format)
• X5 advanced - Mac & PC (1.45MB in PDF format)
• Using Endnote Web (841KB in PDF format)

• Endnote X5  overview (6'00")
• How to enter references manually in Endnote (7'01")
• How to add citations/create a bibliography in Word (3'18")
• Managing your references : Creating groups (2'41")
• Format your bibliography (3'16")
• Edit citations, add page numbers, remove author or date (4'20")
• Managing abbreviated journal titles (new) (4'34")

More about EndNote  | Course dates

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Tours

30 minutes - see contact details below.

Tour the Central Library Virtually

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Contacts

The Library offers a range of introductory and advanced classes, tours and tutorials for staff and students of the University. These are tailored to specific needs identified by academic staff and students. For more information contact the following:

Last revised: 27 March, 2012