Workshop recordings

This workshop [08:08 mins] introduces essential information about the range of resources and services the Library provides to support your learning journey.

Uploaded on 14 November 2025.

Boost your study success by exploring strategies to find the right resources for your assessments and developing your skills when searching the library collections.

In this workshop [13:17 mins], you will learn:

• how to get great search results
• how to evaluate different types of resources
• how to analyse your topic
• search techniques for Library Collections Search.

Uploaded on 23 July 2024.

Demonstration

In addition to the workshop recording, there is a demonstration [06:43 mins] of using the search strategies and techniques to find resources in the Library collections.

Uploaded on 29 August 2024.

Maximise your potential with useful tips and strategies for assessment success. Learn how to use EndNote for reference management. Create a library, add and modify references and use EndNote within Microsoft Word.

In addition to this workshop, you can also refer to the following EndNote guides:

• EndNote 21 for Mac
• EndNote 21 for Windows

This workshop is delivered in six parts.

Uploaded on 28 April 2025.

Part 1: Introduction and creating an EndNote Library

In this section [02:29 mins], you will learn how to:

• create a new desktop EndNote library.

Part 2: Populating your EndNote Library

In this section [05:57 mins], you will learn how to:

• populate your library with references.

Part 3: Attaching Files and Finding Full Texts

In this section [02:00 mins], you will learn how to:

• attach PDFs to references
• use EndNote's Cite-While-You-Write feature to create in-text citations, edit citations, generate a reference list and change output styles.

Part 4: Groups and Tags

In this section [02:30 mins], you will learn how to:

• create groups, smart groups and group sets.

Part 5: Store, Save and Back up a Library

In this section [01:56 mins], you will learn how to:

• save and back up an EndNote library.

Part 6: Using EndNote with Word

In this section [02:27 mins], you will learn how to:

• format a bibliography/reference list.

Boost your study success by exploring strategies to find the right resources for your assessments and developing your search skills in Library databases and Google Scholar.

In this workshop [13:17 mins], you will learn:

• how to get great search results
• about databases and why we use them
• search techniques in databases and Google Scholar.

Note: This is the same recording used in the Improve your Library Search Skills workshop.

Uploaded on 23 July 2024.

Demonstrations

Demonstrations 1 & 2: Databases

The following two demonstrations [04:00 and 04:48 mins, respectively] show how search techniques and strategies can be used with databases using keyword searching.

Note: They do not demonstrate systematic searching.

Uploaded on 29 August 2024.

Demonstration 3: Google Scholar

This demonstration [02:43 mins] shows how the search techniques and strategies can be used in a Google Scholar search.

Note: Google Scholar does not identify whether an article is peer-reviewed.

Uploaded on 26 August 2024.