Online tutorials
A range of introductory tutorials designed to help get you started.
Where do I start? - select an online tutorial appropriate to your information needs and skill level.
Finding Resources - a brief introduction to finding books, databases and journal articles for your assignment.
Database tutorials - short online tutorials demonstrating how to find relevent books, journals, and scholarly journal articles using the catalogue and databases.
Citation Searching - learn how to use citation tools like Web of Science to start your literature review.
EndNote - learn how to set up an EndNote library, insert references into a word document and import citations from databases (see Related Links).
RefWorks - tutorial basics for getting started with RefWorks (see Related Links).
Study Skills - improve your study skills by working through topics on the BELL (Being an Effective Lifelong Learner) and STAR (Skills To Advance your Research) websites.
Information Research Skills - learn, refresh or improve your research skills.
Internet Skills - tutorials demonstrating how to use the web and search Google Scholar with a list of recommended search engines, directories and blogs of interest.
Also see Specialised software - for instructions on using NJStar communicator and links to software tips and tutorials on using various Microsoft products, eg; Word, PowerPoint, Access, Dreamweaver etc.
For face to face classes please see the Tours and workshops page.
