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Visit your campus library, get in touch by email or telephone, chat with a librarian.
You can now book an appointment to meet with a librarian online or on campus, for support with understanding your assessment task, finding sources and referencing.
Library Guides
Explore the How to guides to develop your skills in searching and finding credible information for your assessments.
Support for undergraduate students
How to find...
- Course text books
- Course readings (in Canvas)
- Books and ebooks
- Journal articles
Visit Find information to learn how to find other types of resources.
Use your campus library
- Find books and resources on the shelf
- Borrow items using the self-check kiosk or mobile app
- Renew current loans
- Return items on campus
- Request an item
Visit Get started in the library to learn how to use your campus library.
Undergraduate research skills
- Use the Assignment Calculator
- Know your referencing style
- Develop your research skills (undergraduates)
- Identify credible sources
- Learn to evaluate sources
- Get comfortable using Discover and Databases
- Set up Google Scholar to get full-text access
Interactive tutorials
Discover the library
Learn about the library services, collections and spaces, and get comfortable navigating the online library.
Researching for your assignment
Learn to understand your assessment topic, identify keywords and create your search strategy to find relevant, credible sources.
Contact the library
We can provide advice about UniSC Library services and guidance and instruction in searching for, and in the use of, library and information resources.
Chat online to a Librarian during select hours or leave a message with the offline form. You may arrange for a Zoom or telephone consultation during your chat.
Discover the library
This interactive tutorial introduces you to the USC library services, collections and spaces.
Find Course Readings
This interactive tutorial explains how to find and access required and recommended course readings for your course.
Researching for your assignment
This interactive tutorial explains how to understand your assessment topic, identify keywords and create your search strategy to find relevant, credible sources.
These guides introduce you to the library services and resources
Get started in the library
Learn about the library services and resources and how to:
- login for full access
- request a digitisation or click and collect
- renew your loans
- return during and after hours
Find information
Learn about how to find:
- a source from a reference or citation
- books, book chapters and ebooks
- journal articles from peer-reviewed, academic journals
- statistics, newspapers and multimedia
Google Scholar
Learn how to set up the Library links in order to search Google Scholar and find articles available online.
Copyright for Students
Learn about Copyright and how it affects you as a student, with specific information about how to avoid plagiarism.
Printing help
Learn more about printing, copying, SSAF credit and more.
Library Guides
Explore the subject guide for your discipline and the full range of how to guides.
These guides provide information and advice for assessment research
What are credible sources?
Before you begin searching for information, you need to understand the different types of sources and when you might use them. This guide explains the difference between academic and non-academic sources and provides tips on evaluating and fact checking.
UniSC Assignment Calculator
Learn about the process of completing a written assessment. The calculator provides a step by step approach with progressive due dates to help you complete your assessment on time. Each step provides links to additional resources for help.
Research skills tutorial
This tutorial breaks down the process of searching for credible sources so you can:
- analyse your task
- develop a search strategy
- select and find appropriate sources
- evaluate, use and reference sources
Referencing Guides
It is essential to understand the principles of referencing and why, what, when and how to cite sources. The four formats used at UniSC are:
Further help
Support for Academics
The Library supports academics with semester preparation, resource selection and teaching endeavours.
Support for Researchers
The Library can help researchers through every stage of the research journey.
Discover the library
This interactive tutorial introduces you to the UniSC library services, collections and spaces.
Researching for your assignment
This interactive tutorial explains how to understand your assessment topic, identify keywords and create your search strategy to find relevant, credible sources.
Find course readings
This interactive tutorial explains how to find and access required and recommended course readings for your course.
Library Orientation Checklist
- Visit your campus library
- Find and access Course Readings in Canvas
- Find your course text book
- Search for books or ebooks about your topic
- Learn to find books on the shelf
- Learn to borrow, renew and return books
- Place a request (Click and Collect or Digitisation)
- Contact the library via chat, email, telephone or in-person