These resources are designed to build your information searching skills and your ability to find the quality information sources for your studies.
The page covers Library Search, evaluating what you've found, your reading lists, Kortext, Google Scholar and more.
The best way to access our resources is via myUniHub. Off campus this is pretty much essential to ensure that links to the full text work properly. You can find out more about myUniHub in this video:
The best way into the Library academic information resources is via My Library box in myUniHub: [Video needs remaking as referes to Summon]
Library Search is the best place to start searching. Library Search looks for all the things the library has access to, things physically in the library or available via the internet.
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You'll need to use different resources depending on what you are doing. This video takes you through the key types and what they are best for:
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It's really important to reflect on the information sources you have used in your work. If nothing else, you'll need to convince the person marking your work you chose wisely. Alan and John's videos will help you:
Every module should have an online reading list created by the module tutor with the help and support of the library. The list acts as a guide to the reading, viewing and other resources you need to pass the module.
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You have access to two sorts of ebooks. Library eBooks which you "borrow" and then have to "return" after at most seven days and Kortext which are yours to keep. This video explains how to access the Library eBooks for your module from the reading list.
Free personal eTextbooks are provided to all students enrolled on undergraduate and postgraduates modules based at the UK Hendon campus. The eTextbook is yours to keep through your degree and after. You can read your books online or download them to your device.
The scheme is run in partnership with the company Kortext www.kortext.com look out for emails from Kortext sent to your Middlesex University email account. These emails activate your eTextbooks and update you on new books added to your account. Look for the emails and follow the instructions.
For more information see our LibGuide on Kortext.
We can always improve our searching skills. Take the quiz to see how well you do:
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