There are many different places you can look to find information for your assignments. Where you look will depend on the types of information you are looking for.
The table below lists some common types of information sources, as well as whether you can use them in your assignments, and where to look to find them.
| Types of resources | Are they suitable to use in your assignments? | Where can you look to find them? |
| Books | Yes | Library Search |
| Websites | Sometimes, after evaluation. | |
| Encyclopaedias | Yes | Google, Library Search |
| Newspaper articles | Sometimes, after evaluation. | Library Search |
| Journal articles | Yes | Library Search |
| Trade magazines | Yes | Library Search |
| Blog posts | Sometimes, after evaluation. | |
| Government reports | Yes | |
| Wikipedia | No |