LibGuides: Health Research: Getting Started

You will usually find that your lecturer provides a resource list (or reading list) on the module's Moodle site. Look out for a link to a Resource list, or specific readings.

Start your search: OneSearch

Basic Search | Advanced Search

The default search in OneSearch is Everything. You can change this to Books and more, Articles and more or Full text online once you have run your search.

OneSearch tutorial

This interactive online tutorial: Getting started with OneSearch will help you get started using the Library's discovery tool.

At the end of this course, you will:

Know what OneSearch is and why you should use it
Be able to sign in and use OneSearch when off-campus
Be able to use OneSearch to find and read an ebook
Be able to use OneSearch to find and read an academic journal article

Cite Them Right

At Lancaster you have access to Cite Them Right : the essential guide to referencing and plagiarism.

Cite Them Right covers the range of referencing styles which can be used including

Chicago, Harvard, OSCOLA, APA, IEEE, MLA, Vancouver and MHRA.

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