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Subject guides are created by your academic librarians. They give you an overview

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of the different resources including databases 

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journals and books which will be useful for a particular 

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subject area. They are a good starting point for independent research

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If you ever think "I don't know where to start" have a look

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at your subject guides. You can find them from the library homepage

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go to the blue square Subject help and enquiries

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and then choose subject guides. Here you will find a long list of broad subject areas

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Now depending on what you are studying you may find more than one of these guides

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useful. They all have the same format so they are easy to use

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Let's click on Nursing. So the nursing link takes us to

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Nursing and Community health. So all subject guides have the same layout

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The right hand panel shows the contact details for the academic librarians, links to information on drop ins, appointments and referencing. 

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There will also be a link to our webinar page.  Drop ins and webinars begin in week two.

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There is a section on how to find books and ebooks. Including links to videos on how to use Discover to find books and ebooks

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A section on finding journals

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So that is how to find entire journals by title. 

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Often there will also be a list 
of some key journals which have been recommended by academics

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The third section is finding and using databases

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This is a really important section. Here you

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will see a list of all the key databases for this

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particular subject area. There will be a link  directly to 

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that database and also a short description of what to expect

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in the database and if it is particularly useful for a particular

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subject area within, in this example within nursing.

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The final section is on websites where we give you some examples of different

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types of websites and also we offer you some guidance

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on how to evaluate websites

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The bottom section of each subject

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guide will give you links to some of our other guides on things

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like dissertation help, finding images, grey literature

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You'll also see links to company and business information and our guide on 

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finding statistical data. These links vary according to which subject

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guide you are on 

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Why use the subject guides when Discover can find most things for you?

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Well it is true Discover is a great tool

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and it does search across most of our databases, our ebooks

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our journal collections. However for some assignments  

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certainly as you progress in your degree you will find

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you need to do more methodical searching, using more

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keywords and you will find that quite difficult to do on Discover. However the

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individual databases allow you to have more control over your search

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Your subject guide also gives you guidance on how to find other types of resources, not just journal articles

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But if you are looking for things like industry standards

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company information, legislation, case 

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law your subject guide can point you in the right direction.

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[Thanks for watching. Email your subject librarian at: lib-alc@gcu.ac.uk; lib-gsbs@gcu.ac.uk; lib-scebe@gcu.ac.uk; 

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