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Copy of Library Skills for EWB Projects

Library Skills at MIT

Section 1: Finding Information

Literature Searching

This section of the module will show you how to effectively find good high quality information. It will do this by first helping you devise a search strategy by refining your search terms. It will then show you how to effectively find different sources of information, focusing on books, journal articles and conference papers.

Please Note: This guide was based on the UTS Library Skills Libguide, made available via the Community Guides option. 

At the end of this section, you will be able to:

  • Convert a topic or scenario into a searchable question.
  • Identify key words, synonyms and related terms.
  • Use boolean to combine your terms.
  • Use the search strategy you have developed to search the library catalogue and databases.

 

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