Education

Ron Pauley is the Faculty Librarian for Education.

View Ron's brief welcome and introduction video clip (WMV) (3.6MB - 1:54 minutes - requires Windows Media Player or compatible player)  (Ron's Video Transcript)

Ron works collaboratively with Faculty staff to provide a range of resources and services to assist you with all aspects of Education and Pedagogy.

Staff and students studying at Fraser Coast or Springfield may prefer to ask their Campus Librarian for help. Please refer to the Library's contact us page for details

Getting started

The following tutorials provide an overview of services and resources for all students studying Education:

• A quick overview of resources for Education (10.3MB - 9 minutes)
  a brief guide to get you started
• Information for success (10.7MB - 19:50 minutes)
  familiarise yourself with the support services and information resources available to you within the USQ learning environment
• The Learning Journey (9.88MB - 15:23 minutes)
  start to develop an effective search strategy
• Finding Information Tutorial
  an interactive, self paced way to familiarise yourself with searching for information

You should also try:

• how to search the catalogue (4.15MB -  7:00 minutes)
• how to find and read an eBook (1.64MB - 3.29 minutes)
• how to find a textbook at the Library (1.6MB - 3:38 minutes)
• how to effectively search the internet (1.27MB - 28:50 minutes)
• how to reference correctly using the APA style (14.8MB - 20:21 minutes)
• how to find a journal article if I only have a reference (2.02MB - 5:09 minutes)
• how to request material from the Library (off-campus students only) (10.9MB - 5:33 minutes - online tutorial, external to USQ, screencast with audio) 
• how do I get assignment assistance and research advice (off-campus students only)

Resources for Education students

• education databases in Access All Databases  
• curriculum resources

Further assistance

• contact the Library by phone, email or in person
• look at the Ask for Help pages for more online guidance with how to use the Library
• check out the USQ Learning Centre for study, writing and other academic skills support

Additional services and resources are available for off-campus students as well as staff and researchers.