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Finding information for your assignments

Listed below are several online tutorials and quick guides to point you in the right direction to find information for your assignments. Many tutorials are Breeze presentations which require Flash browser plugin to be installed.

For course-specific guides check your faculty subject guide.

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Finding Information Tutorial - A comprehensive tutorial to help you find, evaluate and manage information

Faculty USQ StudyDesk guides (USQ Staff and Students only - log in through UConnect)

Arts - My Library Research (Available to all USQ Arts Students - log in through UConnect)
My Business Study and Research (Available to all USQ Business Students except Law - log in through UConnect)
My Law Study and Research (Available to all USQ Law Students - log in through UConnect)
My Sciences Study and Research (Available to all USQ Sciences Students - log in through UConnect)
Education Commons (Available to all USQ Education Students - log in through USQ Communities)
Education - For Your Information (FYI) (Available to all USQ Education Students - log in through UConnect)
Engineering and Surveying - Assignment Research Help (Available to all USQ Engineering and Surveying Undergraduate Students - log in through UConnect)

Help to find information (books, ebooks and journal articles)

Locate a book in the USQ Library catalogue (2minutes)
Search the USQ Library catalogue to locate a journal article (3minutes)
Searching the catalogue using a keyword search (2minutes 18seconds)
Searching the catalogue using a subject heading (1minute 45seconds)
Finding an eBook (3minutes 29seconds)
Find my textbook at the Library (3minutes 30seconds)
Using electronic databases (e.g. marketing databases) (13minutes 30seconds)
How do I request a resource via DocEx? (as an off-campus student) (5minutes 30seconds)

Help with referencing

Harvard AGPS guide (42:32 minutes)
APA referencing guide (14.8MB - 20:21 minutes)
Brief Guide to Harvard AGPS referencing (*PDF 350KB)
EndNote tutorials and about EndNote

Help with writing, studying and other academic skills

Check out the The Learning Centre website for assistance

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