Tutorials and handouts to help you get started at the library, and gain research and library skills.
Virtual tours
- Central Library tour
- Dental Library tour
- Education Library tour
- Medical Library tour
- Science Library tour
- How to book Group Study Rooms (3' 52")
Find books, articles, Course Reserve items and theses
- Search for Information - interactive tutorial
- Use Course Reserve - what is it and how do I use it? (2' 12")
- Use Library search - discovering our collections (1' 55")
- Find a book - find a book using the Library Catalogue (1' 26")
- Find a book (136KB in PDF format)
- How to Recall a book (2' 18')
- Callslip a book - what it is and how to use it (1' 54")
- How to Renew a book (1' 54")
- Find a journal article (493KB in PDF format)
- Find a thesis (377KB in PDF format)
Evaluate information
- Evaluating Information - interactive
- Ethical use of information - interactive
- How to Evaluate Websites (471KB in PDF format)
Organise references & create a bibliography
- Citation Styles - information on citing your references and what citation style to use for your essay or assignment.
- Managing Your References - manage references and create bibliographies.
- Otago ITS Endnote training videos
- Use Endnote with Library Databases
Writing & study skills
- Develop your study and writing skills
- Annotated Bibliography - interactive
- Business Report - interactive
- Essay Writings with readings - interactive
- NZ Information Sources - interactive
- Pasifika Information Sources - interactive
- Scientific Report - interactive
- Scholarly Communication
- What is plagiarism & how is it dealt with at the University of Otago? - interactive video (4' 0")
- What information needs to be cited? - interactive video (3' 30")
- Is this an example of plagiarism? - interactive video (5' 10")
Get Library help
- Subject guides - check your subject guide for essential resources for student research, compiled by University of Otago librarians.
- Subject Liaison Librarian contacts - find out about how the Liaison staff at the University of Otago Library can help you with your learning and research.
