Library Guides: Finding Sources: Welcome

Why search for more information?

RMIT University (2019) Why can't I just Google it? Available at: https://youtu.be/UVwJcrFMaqA (Accessed: 27 January 2021).

'For your course, you will need to demonstrate a deeper understanding and draw on more reliable and expert sources than the person in the street' (Cottrell, 2019, p. 233).

Cottrell, S. (2019) The study skills handbook. London: Red Globe Press.

The Study Skills Handbook by Stella Cottrell

Subject guides

This guide is generic.

For advice customised to your programme/discipline, please see the relevant subject guide.

Library guides by subject: Guides BY SUBJECT - Library Guides at University of the West of Scotland (libguides.com)

Get going

Use the tabs above or the links below to help you enhance your skills and discover a wealth of professional, academic and/or industry literature.

Planning your search

Consider what you need to find and the search terms and resources that will help you.

Know your item types

Learn about the different types of sources that you can access and use.

Where to look

Explore UWS Library and other collections for best results.

Contact library staff

Learn the tips and tricks - ask the experts, otherwise known as library staff.

Email library@uws.ac.uk
Phone: 0141 848 3888
Ask at a campus library InfoPoint.

See FAQs or log a call on the Self Service Portal
All students and staff members have access to an online Self Service Portal to search through the answers to FAQs, log calls or place service requests and review the progress of any submitted requests.
Book an appointment with an Academic Librarian
Book an appointment with a librarian for help with finding sources relevant to your programme, planning literature reviews and using bibliographic resources. Reference advice is also available.

Explore UWS Library

UWS campus libraries stock a wide range of textbooks, eBooks, print journals and other materials to support your studies. In addition, we host access to a wide rage of eBooks and online journal articles.

You can explore our collections in different ways:

Search OneSearch, our library catalogue and discovery tool (also available though the 'Library' tile on the UWS Student App.).
Visit a campus library.
Run higher level complex searches on our subject specific or multi-disciplinary bibliographic databases.
Follow recommendations in our subject guides.

For details, see:

Where to look (books and journals) and/or Where to look (news, statistics and more)

Finding Sources: Welcome