By the end of the course, you should be able to:

• source key UoN resources, subject databases and specialist information within a discipline to employ a thorough literature search
• construct effective search strategies using appropriate terminology and database functionality to facilitate retrieval of relevant literature
  
  
• use alerting services to keep up to date with research in a specific discipline
  
  
• employ critical skills to evaluate the authority, reliability and validity of published literature
  
  
• navigate off-campus access routes to a range of eResources
  
  
• appreciate the benefits of using and contributing to open access resources
  
  
• identify relevant services which enable access to resources beyond the University to extend research
  
  
• recognise the value of reference management software (RMS)to manage reading and enable effective and consistent referencing