Skip to Main Content

Information Research Skills Tutorials: 1A Getting started (the basics)

Learn how to find, evaluate and properly reference information, working through from a 'getting started' level to advanced techniques

Introduction

This tutorial will introduce you to where to start looking for information sources suitable for academic writing, and then how to find them.  You already use search skills to find information in your everyday life, and these skills can also be applied to find academic sources.  The tutorial also describes how you can identify what type of information and sources you’ll need for your university work.
 
By the end of this tutorial, you will know:
  • where to start your research
  • how to identify what information you need
  • how and where to find information

Tutorial and sections

1A. Find information - the Basics

Start the finding information basic tutorial

Click on the button above to view the tutorial, or use the links below to view the individual sections by topic.