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Design - graphic design, digital design

A guide to resources in the Library and on the Internet for Design students

LIBRARY CATALOGUE SEARCH TIPS

There are different ways to search for a book using the Discovery catalogue

  • the title of the book
  • the name of the author/s
  • keywords - words or phrases
  • subject headings - words or phrases used to describe the subject content of a book

Some tips

Use quotation marks to search for a phrase

"global warming"
Use ? to match a single character globali?ation will match:

· globalisation and · Globalization

Use # to match one or no character

colo#r will match:

· color and · Colour

Use * to match different word ending

communicat* will match:

· communicating

· communication

communicated etc.

REFERENCING YOUR RESEARCH - TEXT, IMAGES, WEBSITES, SOCIAL MEDIA

Most assignments require you to list the resources you have used for researching a topic and every item used, regardless of format, must be acknowledged. Several referencing styles are used at Box Hill Institute.  It is best to ask your teacher or teaching centre which style they prefer.