Search guides
A critical skill at university is being able to find and use a variety of high quality and credible sources of information.
Below you will find a range of guides designed to help you find the information you need and develop your search skills.
Other useful guides
Search essentials
Easy steps to find relevant, quality academic information.
Learn about search tools to find academic information - findit@flinders, databases, Google Scholar, and AI tools.
Discover academic sources using the Library's discovery platform.
Step-by-step advice, from identifying search terms, to constructing a search, to using filters, and accessing the full-text of sources.
Practical advice if you get too few - or too many results - to work with.
Information essentials
Unsure what academic literature is? Or what sources are appropriate to use when undertaking study or research? These guides provide essential background to give context to using information sources at University.
Watch Flinders academics explain what academic literature is and how it is created.
Watch Flinders academics discuss the importance of using credible sources.
Learn the difference between scholarly and non-scholarly sources.
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