New Students' Library Guide

Our general search tools will uncover a lot, but did you know we also have hundreds of specialist resources for your specific area of study?

Library Guides are written and maintained by specialist librarians who are knowledgeable about your subjects. They will introduce you to amazing resources to answer your questions and help with your assignments. 

• The Study Area tab gives you guides grouped by faculty subject matter
• Find and Access guides help you find different formats of materials - for example, news, images, or maps
• Publication and Impact guides are for professional researchers - don't worry about these for now
• The How to guides will help you learn a new process, like doing a Literature Review or Annotated Bibliography

Visit our Library Guides

Top tip: Browse the Library Guides by study area and bookmark one the best matches your studies.

When doing research at university, you may be using some research platforms for the first time. If you're not sure what the difference is between google searching and using academic databases, the Comparing Search Pathways library guide gives you an overview of commonly used search platforms, and how their results can differ.

Visit the Comparing Search Pathways library guide