Information skills
This series of information skills guides provides an introduction to basic literature searching and advanced database searching.
Download Basic Guide to Searching Databases on OvidSP
Download Basic Guide to Searching CINAHL on EBSCOhost
Download Quick Guide to Literature Searching Top Tips
Download Guide to Information Skills
Scientific methodology for enhancing information skills
Download Guide to Searching the COT Library Catalogue
Producing bibliographies and references for COT publications in BJOT (Harvard) style: guidance
The three documents below constitute COT guidance on referencing if you are involved in writing COT publications. The second document is the one that will be of most use to you on a day to day basis as this contains many examples of references formatted correctly:
Download Referencing for COT Publications: The Referencing Process
(An overview of the referencing process)
Download Referencing for COT Publications: Referencing Style
(Examples of references correctly formatted)
Download Referencing for COT publications: Appendices
(Provides more detailed explanation of reference format, using the examples included in the second document, Referencing for COT publications: referencing style, as a basis.
Further resources
Google Guide
http://www.googleguide.com/
Google Guide is an online interactive tutorial and reference for experienced users, novices, and everyone in between.
Internet detective
http://www.vtstutorials.ac.uk/detective/
“Sure, you use the Internet all the time, but you need to wise up to the web when you use it for your university or college work.”
Free Internet tutorial to learn to discern the good, the bad and the ugly for your online research
Mind mapping
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8_H42Z9wxA
Mapping what we already know we know. A mind map is often created around a single word or text, placed in the centre, to which associated ideas, words and concepts are added
