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Finding sources for dissertations and final year projects Online

This is an online event starting at 10am UK time. Please check your local time zone.

This session is most suitable for undergraduate students and taught postgraduate students working on their dissertation or final year project. It focuses on a more systematic and thorough approach to literature searching covering:

What is a literature review?
Why does a good literature search help the literature review process?
What are the different types of literature you might want include/search for?
How you can use what you already know to help you find other useful sources
Keyword searching (a more systematic approach)
Managing your searches/references
What are the best resources to use?
How to save and edit searches and set up alerts
Getting hold of the full-text
Where to go for further help

You can view PowerPoints for many of the Skills Hub classes on our Skills Hub guide.

This is part of our ‘finding sources’ series:

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Date:: Friday, February 14, 2025
Time:: 10:00 - 11:30
Time Zone:: UK, Ireland, Lisbon Time (Change time zone )
In-Person Events:: Edinburgh Campus
Online:: This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
Audience:: Most suitable for UG and PGT students
Categories:: Library and Referencing Skills

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Lucrezia Gaion

Heriot-Watt University