Subject Guides: Digital Skills for Study : Find information

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How does the internet work
Better understand what the internet is and how it's regulated so you can work smarter and more safely online with this 20 minute module from The University of Queensland.
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"Digital Essentials" by UQ Library Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

[To add: links to relevant webinars recorded by LRLs including SB's Intro to searching, AK's Planning and other suggestions/contributions welcome.

Planning your research
You'll get the best results when you spend a little time thinking about how you'll search for and find information. This tutorial from the University of Newcastle shows you how.
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("Information Research Skills Tutorials" by University of Newcastle Library)
How to search
Learn how to use strong search terms and limits and filters to more quickly find the information you need for your research and study with this tutorial from the University of Newcastle.
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("Information Research Skills Tutorials" by University of Newcastle Library)
What Tool Should I Use?
This tool selection guide helps you find the most appropriate tools for finding information in UTAS library collections and beyond.

Make your research more effective by using library databases. This video explains what they are, how to use them and why they are a good tool in your study.

Improve your search results
Maximise your search efficacy and efficiency by using synonyms, connecting words and spelling variants in your database searching. This tutorial from the University of Newcastle walks you through the basics.
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("Information Research Skills Tutorials" by University of Newcastle Library)
Search Modifiers
Learn how to control what the database does with your search keywords by building search modifiers into your search, all explained in this tutorial from the UTAS Study Toolkit.
Advanced search skills
Move on from the basics to use strategies like truncation, thesaurus searching and grouped terms to find even more in your database searches.
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("Information Research Skills Tutorials" by University of Newcastle Library)
Freely available scholarly information
You can access millions of high-quality articles from peer-reviewed academic and clinical journals for free. This guide will help you find Open Access journals and articles.

Find grey literature
Learn how to find, evaluate and use unpublished sources like newsletters, patents, government reports or policy statements in your research with this tutorial from the University of Newcastle.
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("Information Research Skills Tutorials" by University of Newcastle Library)

Find videos for research and study
Access a variety of streaming media through UTAS library, including documentaries, anatomy tutorials, training videos and movies and TV just for entertainment.

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'How does the internet work' image by Boskampi on Pixabay

'Plan you search' image by Pexels on Pixabay

'How to search' image by Free-Photos on Pixabay

'What tool should I use' image by Elena Rouame on Unsplash

'Better database searches' image by Paul Skorupskas on Unsplash

'Use search modifiers' image by aitoff onPixabay

'Advanced database searching' image by Ricardo Arce on Unsplash

'Freely available scholarly information' image by Pexels on Pixabay

'Find grey literature' image by Andrew Pons on Unsplash

'Find videos for research and study' image by Surface on Unsplash

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Digital Skills for Study

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