What is research?
- What is research? Explaining academic research
This tutorial covers different aspects of research, like academic essays and critical thinking, and looks at the difference between popular and scholarly information.
This tutorial is relevant to students who are working on their assignment, project or essay, and want to understand more about research.
Sourcing and Evaluating information
- Sourcing and Evaluating information
Provides an overview of commonly used sources of information, their benefit and drawbacks and how to evaluate the results you find
The tutorial will benefit anyone looking for guidance on where to search for different types of information
Framing your research question
- Framing your research question: successful planning and searching
Covers defining your topic or question, identifying concepts, keywords and search terms and structuring your search
This tutorial is suitable for those with some experience of searching for information who want to improve how they structure their searches
