Postgraduate Introduction to Library Services and Resources: Home
Nau mai haere mai | Welcome!
This guide has been developed as a kete/toolkit for all postgraduate students. Find resources from the Library Postgraduate Sessions & Workshop series AND an A-Z of Library services and resources, links to video tutorials, printable guides, and other learning aids. Use either the tabs above or the links to the left to navigate to a service or resource. For more in-depth learning, contact your Subject Librarian for a consultation.
How we can help you:
Your Subject Librarian is here to support you in your thesis journey. Check out your Subject Guide/s and email your subject librarian if you have any queries. We can help you with:
- Developing search strategies to discover relevant literature
- Setting up search alerts to keep up with newly published research
- Help with citing & referencing
- Requesting books, book chapters, journal articles, etc.
- Open Access and publishing & impact advice
- Anything to do with the Library!
Library Postgraduate Sessions via Zoom - 2024, Semester 2
These Library Information Sessions are provided specifically for postgraduate students. All Semester 1 sessions will be held on a Tuesday at 10:30 via Zoom - check below for Semester 2 dates. For more information and to register book now via this link
| 13 August | 10:30 - 11:30 | Thesis Information | For new thesis students: covers preparation, copyright compliance, submitting, and depositing. |
| 20 August | 10:30 - 11:30 | Introduction to Effective Search Strategies |
Learn how to search recommended databases for relevant literature, and manage your results. |
| 27 August | 10:30 - 12 | Introduction to Research Data Management |
Make sense of the complexity around data storage, description, re-use and archiving. |
| 10 September | 10:30 - 12 | Introduction to Getting Published |
Practical tips for postgraduates. Learn how to develop a publishing strategy and identify the right journals for submission. |
| 24 September | 10:30 - 11:30 | Introduction to Researcher Profiles |
Building online profiles to promote your research, and yourself. |
| 1 October | 10:30 - 12 | Introduction to Research Impact & Metrics |
Understand tools that explain impact factors and ranking for what to read, and where to publish. |
Click on a link below to find more information about a service or resource.
Useful eBooks
How to Structure a Thesis, Report or Paper by Publication Date: 2022How to Structure a Thesis, Report or Paper provides concise practical guidance for students to help make their writing more structured at any level.
Writing your doctoral dissertation or thesis faster : a proven map to success by Publication Date: 2014This book gives the doctoral candidate a comprehensive, yet easy-to-follow, map through the dissertation process. The authors' goals are to help students finish their degree faster.
Survival Skills for Thesis and Dissertation Candidates by Publication Date: 2021Provides, in a single text, the information that students need to complete their thesis or dissertation successfully. Addresses the things to do as well as not to do at every stage of the research process
Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language by Publication Date: 2019Fully updated and packed with new material, the second edition of Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language is the ideal guide for non-native speaker students and their supervisors working on writing a thesis or dissertation in English.
Other Services
Don't forget that the Library is one of several places you can seek support for your Postgraduate studies. Have you checked out:
- Career Development CentreExplore career options; seek advice and career counselling
- Disability Information & SupportFor students with permanent, recurring or temporary impairments
- Graduate Research SchoolSupport and guidance for research candidates & supervisors
Licensing
This work in this guide is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
ResBaz Aotearoa 2024
8-12 July 2024: Free online digital research skills workshops taught by researchers. Everything from managing research data to programming languages. All active researchers in Aotearoa research community are welcome!