Table of Contents

  1. Welcome to the Researcher's Companion
  2. Getting started
    1. Identifying the information need
    2. Current and past research
    3. Keeping up to date
  3. Searching for materials
    1. Formulating a search strategy
    2. Databases
    3. Research Library Catalogues
    4. Citation Search
    5. The Internet as a Search tool
  4. Access to materials
    1. Library catalogue
    2. Access to other libraries
    3. Document delivery
    4. Electronic journals
    5. Statistics
    6. Newspapers
    7. Official publications
  5. Evaluation and referencing
    1. Critical evaluation of resources
    2. Citing references
    3. Plagiarism
    4. Managing searches and results
  6. Subject Specific
    1. Dance
    2. Education
    3. Psychology
    4. Sports Science