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Finding Books and Journal Articles

Use Library Search to find your books, journal articles and other online resources.

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Useful referencing resources

To get started with referencing, check out the Referencing Tips and Referencing Rex Word documents below and have an explore of your comprehensive referencing guide Cite Them Right Online. Any questions? Just get in touch :)

Cite Them Right Online This link opens in a new window Description: Cite them right online covers a comprehensive range of source types, alongside detailed advice on referencing and its importance in academic work Subject Scope: For use by students in Business, Criminology and Sociology, Health and Education, Science and Technology and Work Based Learning. Art and Design, Law and 3rd year H&E should follow the links in the Referencing Library Subject guide. https://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/plagiarismreferencing

Test your referencing skills with these quick quizzes!

Useful websites

Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)
Aims to improve the lives of people of all ages by co-producing, sharing, and supporting the use of the best available knowledge and evidence about what works in social care and social work.
The Kings Fund Library - curated reading lists
Browse The Kings Fund Library's curated reading lists on different health and care topics.
Office for National Statistics
Find official UK statistics on a wide variety of different subject areas eg crime, population.
NSPCC Learning - Library & Information Service
NSPCC Library catalogue for safeguarding, child protection, child abuse and neglect.
AgeInfo
Information resource provided by the Centre for Policy on Ageing Library Service, covering social gerontology.
UK Data Service
Access to an extensive range of key economic and social data, spanning many disciplines and themes.

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Online Referencing Support

Understanding the originality report from Turnitin

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