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Information skills support

Discover how to find, evaluate and manage information through our online training events and resources.

 

What are information skills?

Information skills are important for your studies, research and life after university. Developing these skills will help you to find, assess and use information in the most effective way.  

  • Finding resources for your assignments and research
  • Using databases
  • Evaluating information to assess relevance, quality and reliability
  • Searching for evidence for a systematic review
  • Referencing and using EndNote
 

Learning resources

Your subject guide

Discover the key resources for your subject area from books and journals to subject databases and specialist information

 

Information skills

Our collection of online resources introduces you to a wide range of information skills. Work through them at your own pace and revisit them anytime.

 

Using EndNote

Find out how to use EndNote to manage your references. 

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Webinars and one-to-one appointments

Join our weekly themed webinars for an insight into different the different areas of information skills or request a one-to-one appointment to delve further into a specific question.

Upcoming sessions

Using EndNote

Date
20/02/2025
Description
Want to find out more about using EndNote to keep track of references you find through your literature searches? This webinar is suitable for all students.

Spotlight on Lexis+ (UK legislation)

Date
21/02/2025
Description
Find out how to use Lexis+, a database coving UK legislation, law reports from England and Wales, and hundreds of full-text legal journals. Find out how to search this database effectively for information. This webinar is suitable for students in the Law School.

Spotlight on Nexis (News archives)

Date
24/02/2025
Description
This webinar explores Nexis, a news, current events, and business database that covers a broad range of international newspaper and social media sources, as well as industry and company research. This webinar is primarily suitable for Social Science students, but Nexis will be useful for students across all subject areas.

Advancing your literature searching skills (Science)

Date
25/02/2025
Description
Develop your literature searching skills and explore your subject databases to find information for projects and dissertations. This webinar is suitable for undergraduates (year two onwards) and masters students studying Science subjects.

Spotlight on JSTOR - with Peer Academic Skills Leader (Humanities and social sciences)

Date
25/02/2025
Description
Find out how to use JSTOR, an arts and social science subject database to search effectively for information. This webinar is suitable for students studying Arts and Social Science subjects.

Researcher Information Skills (Engineering)

Date
25/02/2025
Description
This webinar will focus on advanced literature searching techniques, using critical evaluation skills, keeping up to date with literature in the field, and using reference mangement software. This webinar is suitable for Postgraduate Research Students and members of staff in the Engineering faculty. Advance booking via Central Short Courses is required.

Using EndNote

Date
25/02/2025
Description
Want to find out more about using EndNote to keep track of references you find through your literature searches? This webinar is suitable for all students.

Spotlight on CAB Abstracts (Agriculture)

Date
26/02/2025
Description
This webinar explores CAB Abstracts, an agricultural database. This webinar is suitable for Science students, but CAB Abstracts will be particularly useful for students studying agriculture.
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Support for teaching

Request a tailored information skills session for your students or embed our asynchronous resources in your modules to support coursework and assignments.

To find out more visit Support for teaching.

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