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For quick access to high quality information for your assignments, try the links on these pages.

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New in Sept 2024: Watch this short video about using our new Discovery service effectively.

Reading Lists

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Got an assignment? Have you looked at the reading list to see lecturer recommendations?

 

Key Starters for Essays and Dissertations/Research Projects

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After looking at your online reading list, try these to help with your assignments

• Choosing keywords and sources - first steps

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• Finding print and ebooks using the Library Catalogue

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• Online sources to try first

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fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

A variety of reference works, including dictionaries, which tutors may well prefer to Wikipedia, and it even tells you how to set out a reference to what you find. Try out the 'Mind Map' feature to see how your keyword links to others - useful for essay planning and dissertation work.

These short videos show you how Credo can speed up your research:

  1. Search tips
  2. Using the automated mind map

Additional access instructions:

For off campus access use this link

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

Contains full-text ebooks in many subject areas.

Watch these short videos explaining the features available.

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

Need reliable information about Africa, Asia, Latin America, Russia and Eastern Europe? Europa gives up-to-date, key facts and statistics for each country, plus very useful, background essays by country experts covering contemporary history, politics and economics. There are also background essays on international and regional organisations. The statistics are searchable and let you create comparative charts across countries.

Over 250 unlimited access in-depth guides to current and classic research across a range of subject areas. If you can't access something via this site, put the book title into our general Portsmouth catalogue as we have some titles via Ebook Central instead.

 

• Foreign library catalogues for dissertation/research project work

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Dictionaries

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Finding Articles

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News Sources

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Statistics and Public Opinion

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Films, TV and Radio

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Other Recommended Sources

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Referencing

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Guidance and support for referencing in APA 7, including advice about reference generators

Your Subject Team

 Anne Worden

Faculty Librarian

email Anne.Worden@port.ac.uk

 Sharon Bittner

Assistant Faculty Librarian

email sharon.bittner@port.ac.uk