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Subject Guide: Theology and Religion: Develop Your Skills

A guide to getting the most out of the Library and Collections resources for Theology and Religion

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Finding Open Access material and other useful tools

These short videos show you how to find open access, high-quality academic resources that you can access for free or how to make accessing some of Durham’s online content even easier: 

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Our Interactive tutorials

Develop your research skills with our online tutorials. This will help you understand how to search effectively and how to identify good quality academic resources and literature.

You can complete the whole tutorial or just a single module. Module 1 is mainly aimed at dissertation students. All other modules will help students at all levels:

Introduction to dissertation research

Discover

Basic literature searching

Bibliographic databases

Accessing full text online

Referencing

An Introduction to EndNote

Advanced EndNote

Your reading list and beyond

Google Scholar

The Information Cycle

Plagiarism and copyright - the very basics

Plagiarism and copyright in the academic context

Finding and using open research materials

Discover more about how you can use archives, special collections and museum collections to enhance your work: 

Using archives and special collections in your research

Research in museums and galleries

Palaeography

If you are doing your dissertation this year, this short video offers help and advice in relation to library resources

Interactive tutorials

Introduction to Dissertation Research
Basic Literature Searching
Bibliographic Databases
Accessing Full Test Online
Referencing

Research Skills Guide

Our Research Skills Guide provides guidance on finding information, managing the information you find, and how to keep up to date after an initial search. It aims to provide you with an overview of the core skills you will need to search for literature and other materials for your learning and research purposes.

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Additional Resources

There are a number of how to" videos demonstrating how to achieve specific things such as finding books and journals, accessing your reading list and finding quality information freely-available online.

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