Information comes in many formats - can you recognise whether you are looking for a journal article, a book or a book chapter just by looking at the reference from a reading list? How you search for information will depend on what type of information you are looking for!
An accurate reference, whether on a list of readings or references, will help you find that source of information. A reference will always include information about the author, date of publication, and title. Here are examples of different sources:
Brotheridge, CM 2013, ‘Explaining bullying: using theory to answer practical questions’, Team performance management, vol. 19, no. 3/4, pp. 185-201, http://www.emeraldinsight.com.
Mishna, F 2012, Bullying: a guide to research, intervention, and prevention, Oxford University Press, New York.
Bulbeck, T 2001, ‘Bullying the Elderly’, in P McCarthy, J Rylance, R Bennett, & H Zimmermann (eds), Bullying: from backyard to boardroom, 2nd edn, The Federation Press, Sydney.
Finding the right information for your research – understand the Publishing Cycle and why this influences the type of information available to you. This short video introduces the publishing process, and expected times that information could be available on different topics.