Academic Research Skills
The Assignment Process
It is important to have an understanding of how to approach academic assessments and identify what information you need to incorporate into your work.
Here are some guides on:
- The assignment process - Guides on how to get started with university level assignments.
- Academic information sources - What they are and how to use them
- Finding information - How to efficiently search for information in the appropriate locations.
- Critical evaluation and credible sources- How to fact check and identify if information is suitable for your needs (or true!)
- Citing information - How to reference and give credit to the works that you have used
This guide will take you through the assignment process steps.
There are also workshops and videos on a range of academic skills such as starting assignments, digital readiness, referencing, and learning technology skills.
You'll find the upcoming workshops available from our learning support services listed here.
A recording of previously run library workshops are available here.
This will provide an introduction to the types of information you will encounter at university.
This will show you some of the skills and strategies needed to search for information in search engines and databases.
This will cover basics in identifying credible information from misinformation and how to fact check sources.
Appropriate use of information includes indicating what information came from sources that you have read/found. This module will take you through how to do that and why it's important.
This guide will provide guidance on APA 7th style and examples that you can use to make sure your referencing meets the style guidelines.
Further reading
