Managing information

At University you will have information that needs to be managed including lecture content and your Research.

Searching for resources is a process that involves looking for physical copies of books and journals in the library, eBooks and eJournals online, databases possibly Government reports and other types of documents.

To "Study Smart" if you find a piece of information that is useful for your assignment save it somewhere you can easily find it again.

This could be digital folders a notebook, an indexed folder or using referencing software. No matter the kind of system that you use you need to

FIND IT, SAVE IT, NAME IT.

You can always delete information if you find that you don't need it but initially follow this 3 step process.

What information do you need?

Generally you will need the referencing information from a resource. With this information you will be able to find the book or journal again.

When you are searching on Resource Finder you can use the drawing pin icon to save individual items and the "Save Query" icon to save your whole search. You then need to go to the drawing pin at the top right of Resource Finder and here you will find the information you have saved. You then need to add this information to a folder or "label" and give it a name to make it easy to find again.

If you have a word document open as you research you can add citations as you go along. Each search result has a citation icon to find out the reference in your referencing style.

Databases will also have this citation button and you can choose to save any citations on a referencing platform. Wrexham University subscribes to Refworks but you could use Mahara or One note.

If you prefer to save your information using notebooks and writing everything down, make sure you use a system that allows you to find your information again.