Book a Consultation: Research & Referencing Help

We can help you with:

Referencing: 

• Showing you the basics of how to reference
• Troubleshooting tricky or unusual references.
• Having a look at a sample of your references to ensure you're on track and to pick out any major common errors you're making.
• Advising you on the use of reference management software and showing you how it can be used.

Finding resources:

• Showing you how to use Library Search, individual databases, and Google Scholar effectively.
• Giving you advice on improving your Research Skills. 
• Advising you on good databases for your subject.
• Showing you how to save searches and setup alerts.

Research projects & Literature Reviews (e.g. systematic searching)

• Testing your research question based on database results.
• Providing both basic and more detailed help with the research steps involved in doing a literature review. 
• Assist with the development of a search strategy on specific databases (and where to find subject specific databases).
• Pointing you in the direction of information or software that may help with the screening, reviewing or analysing of your results.
• Guidance and basic background information on the key steps involved in writing a thesis. See our Thesis Guide for more details.