Google and beyond: literature searching for 1st year undergraduates

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Google and beyond: literature searching for 1st year undergraduates

'Google and Beyond' Workshop: How to become an expert at finding, evaluating, and organising essential readings for your course.

By Queens' College Library

Location

Online

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

About this event

Complete your progression from A-level to degree by honing your ability to locate, evaluate, and organise essential information in your subject area. Intended for students in their first year of navigating their subjects at university level. This session will cover:

  • Effective use of Google Scholar and Google Books to find and evaluate essential information when tackling your essay question
  • The capabilities of iDiscover
  • Searching beyond Google using databases in your subject area
  • What is Jstor? Using online journal databases effectively
  • Finding and using ebooks effectively
  • Introduction to organising and building bibliographies using the free Zotero software (with a brief demo)

This session will be held via Zoom at 1.30pm and 5.30pm on Tuesday 9th February, led by Dr Tim Eggington (Fellow Librarian).

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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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