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.
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 range 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 the following pages/tabs on this guide:
Contact library staff
Learn the tips and tricks - ask the experts, otherwise known as library staff.
Contact us:
- 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 PortalAll 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 LibrarianBook 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.
