Chemical Engineering: Library training

The video provides guidance on how to use the online library interface and how to search for library material using the multi-search box. It also includes an overview of subject guides.

The video shows how to analyse an assignment topic and select keywords that you can use to search for information on your topic.

The video takes you step-by-step through the process of placing a hold on a book if it is checked out and you want to be the next user

The video shows how to search for and access print and electronic books available through the UP library

The video shows how to find a journal using a reference.

The video shows how to cite in-text and reference information used for assignments/reports/research

Searching for books, chapters and journal articles using keywords/reference in Science direct. You can also refine your search results using specific limiters

The video shows how to use Knovel Library to find information and materials property data.

The video shows how to use Google Scholar, add library links and download available material.

Searching the UP institutional repository for research articles, theses and dissertations completed by postgraduate students and researchers. The content is evaluated and some is peer reviewed to ensure quality of research. The material can be used for research purposes, is citable and can be downloaded unless stated otherwise

Recent PhD graduate Lucy A. Taylor shares the advice she and her colleagues wish they had received.

The article provides insight into some of the things that examiners are looking at when evaluating research documents.

" expert on doctoral education, Professor Brabazon’s articles for THE, including 10 truths a PhD supervisor will never tell you and How not to write a PhD thesis have been read hundreds of thousands of times, so we asked her to expand on the issues in a series of videos.

The questions that she answers in the short videos that follow were sourced from PhD candidates via the @timeshighered twitter feed. We hope you find them useful."

Students at a Masters and PhD level will at some point, need to answer how their research has contributed to the body of knowledge. The article looks at ways in which students can make contributions to the body of knowledge when undertaking research.