Get Ready to Research

Finding information

The University Library is the best place to start looking for information for your studies, because you can be confident the resources you find there are appropriately academic. As well as the books on the shelves, the Library also provides access to key online resources for your subject. You can only access these using the Library’s subscriptions – you can’t find them openly on the internet.

Evaluating information

Learning how to critically evaluate information sources is not only a key academic attribute but a useful life skill. It will help you to make informed decisions about the quality of the information you find, its reliability and what role it could play within your work.

Further support

The Library offers a range of services to support you with finding and evaluating information.

Blog

The student-led project that culminated in this website won the University’s Vice Chancellor’s Education Excellence Award in 2025 and was shortlisted for a Times Higher Education Award in 2023.

Illustrations by Eilidh Muldoon.