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Research skills tutorial

Tips and Tricks

Good work, you have completed this online tutorial. Now for some bonus tips and tricks...

Time savers

Use a thesaurus to find alternative words
Combine keywords in different ways using a variety of search strategies
Read the Abstract first!
Save the citation when you find each source
Find citation information in DISCOVER, databases and the library catalogue

Help is available

How to Guides show you how to search
Subject Guides lead you to sources for your subject
LinkedIn Learning shows you how to use software and apps
(Organisation Login - www.usc.edu.au - then USC network username and password)
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