Essential literature searching skills for 2nd/3rd year dissertations

Essential literature searching skills for 2nd/3rd year dissertations

These workshops will provide invaluable tips and strategies to enable you to locate and evaluate sources relevant to your project.

By Queens' College Library

Location

Online

Queen's College Silver Street Cambridge CB3 9ET United Kingdom

About this event

Join this session to learn more about how to search for resources outside of your reading lists, perfect for dissertations or research projects in later years.

Areas to be covered include:

- Using Google effectively (including exploiting Google Scholar and Google Books to the full)

- Locating and using online databases specific to your subject area

- Using Jstor and other online journal databases for research

- Online access to newspapers, dissertations, images, ebooks, etc.

- Introduction to organising and building bibliographies using the free Zotero software (brief demo).

These sessions will be led by Dr Tim Eggington (Fellow Librarian) via Zoom. The sessions are aimed at 2nd/3rd/4th year undergraduates who are undertaking research projects or dissertations. If you're a first year or graduate student, please see our other sessions: https://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/life-at-queens/news-and-events/queens-library-research-skills-workshops-lent-term

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Queens' College Library

Founded in 1448, Queens' College Library consists of both old and new. The Old Library is still situated in its original room with bookcases made from medieval lecterns. Although none of the original collection remains, the library holds a fine and hugely significant collection of c. 30,000 early printed books and manuscripts dating from the 12th to 19th centuries.

Occupying the old Chapel, the student library (War Memorial Library) is spread over 3 floors and provides a variety of study spaces, as well as books for all tripos subjects and friendly librarians who are happy to help with any questions.

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