Where and how to find the information you need?
First of all, welcome to the Tavistock and Portman library!
So, you need some information... But do you know where and how to search for it?
Here is a quick guide to information skills. Please browse the following pages first. Then, if you still can't find what you need, contact your personal librarian.
If you want some face-to-face help, we might me able to organise a training session for you group. Click here to learn how.
So, you need some information... But do you know where and how to search for it?
Here is a quick guide to information skills. Please browse the following pages first. Then, if you still can't find what you need, contact your personal librarian.
- Want to search all of the library's resources at once? Use Discovery.
- Do you want to find a book in the library? You will have to use the library's catalogue.
- And what about eBooks? Read here how to find and access them.
- Are you searching for an article in particular?
- Do you want to find a variety of articles on a particular subject or from a particular author? Then you're going to need to use a bibliographic database.
- As you're browsing through numerous interesting titles, you're going to want to collect and manage those references to be able to cite them easily later on.
- To access all of the expensive resources put at your disposal by Tavistock library, you're going to need to use your Shibboleth account: need help with that?
If you want some face-to-face help, we might me able to organise a training session for you group. Click here to learn how.
