ORION (ΩΡΙΩΝ) - Online Digital Literacy Tutorial with guidelines on how to research and find material for assignments and dissertations (Designed for Greek students)
Information and Digital Literacy Tutorials – these webpages include a list of online tutorials, videos and guides that help students successfully research, find and evaluate information. The specific resources have been designed to support students during heir whole studies
The Information & Learning Commons (ILC) occupies staff that can introduce you to the most relevant print and electronic resources for your subject or research. You may also request to participate in an Information Skills Tutorial if you wish to further develop your search skills. Ask for information at the Library Services Desk.
The Information & Learning Commons (ILC) supports the research needs of the College community, providing access to rich and vast collections of books, printed and electronic journal subscriptions, databases, digital libraries, special collections, etc. These pages will show users the steps to follow for an effective research using library resources.
Use ABEKT Online Library Catalogue to find books or other items on your specific topic. You can search books by:
From the results list select the ones that best fit your topic. You should consider the following:
To find items on a specific topic conduct a Subject search.
Finding items on the Shelves
Write down the book’s classification number and location to find the item on the shelf. If you experience difficulties, ask a member of the ILC staff to help you out.
Use the following resources to find articles for you research:
Use Find It – if you have specific article details (citation) or a specific bibliography (e.g. from a reading list, sources cited in the end of an article, book chapter, conference paper, etc.) of items located in the ILC or gathered from elsewhere (external resources, Internet, etc.) to locate and retrieve the full documents. You may also use Find it to locate all the journal titles that refer to your specific research topic.
Use Databases – if you need to look up for articles on a specific subject for a project, assignment or dissertation.
Use Google Scholar - if you want to broadly search for scholarly and peer-reviewed literature across a variety of disciplines and sources.
Request a Copy
If an article is not available online, you can use the Interlibrary Request Service and obtain an electronic copy which will be emailed to your College account for free. This works for any article, whether or not held by the ILC.
Print resources
Internet resources
Visit the Help and Support web pages to find useful guides on how to evaluate print and Internet resources and how to distinguish scholarly and popular publications.
Information to include when citing
There are many different citation styles such as Harvard, APA, MLA, IEEE, Chicago Manual of Style, etc. Check with your instructor to determine which style you should use. Different areas of study (e.g. computer science, psychology) use specific citation styles.
Once you have organised your material start writing your project or assignment so you may turn in your paper on time.
Good resources to look for advice on structure, grammar & different types of academic writing is:
TASH – The Academic Skills Hub
This site includes resources such as every day, learning, writing, communication, presentation and research skills sections that can help students throughout their studies.
ORION (ΩΡΙΩΝ)
Online Digital Literacy Tutorial with guidelines on how to research and find material for assignments and dissertations (Designed for Greek students)
The Information & Learning Commons (ILC) occupies staff that can introduce you to the most relevant print and electronic resources for your subject or research. You may also request to participate in an Information Skills Tutorial if you wish to further develop your search skills. Ask for information at the Library Services Desk.