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2. Preparing your search: materials and resources

What type of material do you need and which are the most appropriate resources?

Bearing in mind what you learned in Unit 1 about the different sorts of resources and their uses, first:

  • Consider the type of material you want to use.
  • Consider which resources would be the most appropriate to use to find that type of material.
  • Find out how to use those resources

For example:
If you need background information about a topic that is new to you, an encyclopaedia or textbook may the best source.
If you require more in-depth information about a research topic, a journal article or conference proceeding may be more appropriate.
You would normally use the library catalogue as a starting point for any search. You would then look at the library web site which gives you access to electronic resources such as databases and quality assessed websites.

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