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Civil Engineering (Environment and Water)

What is this guide about?

Your Library provides a range of resources to ensure that you have access to quality information to assist you in your studies. Use this guide to find sources related to engineering in water and resource management fields. It provides a general overview to the range of resources available to you through the Library as well as links to relevant websites. To learn how to search for information, see the How To... Guides.

Use the tabs along the top to navigate through this guide.

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Starting an Assessment

Before searching for information, make sure you understand the task.

Task
1. Analyse the task to identify keywords and topics, then develop a search strategy

Look up
2. Find the meaning of words in a textbook or dictionary

Books
3. Find academic books to broaden your knowledge of key concepts and terminology

Articles
4. Find academic journal articles and current research

Cite
5. Save the citation of any source you plan to use

David Sedlak (Civil and environmental engineer)

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