How to solve a problem like researching for your first science assignment!

We will cover:

• Whether your confidence has improved from when you began working through this guide to when you finished this guide.
• What actions to take to get further support or help extend your learning based on your confidence levels.

You have completed the guide.

Hopefully, you are now more likely to understand how to research for assignments than when you began the guide!  In this section of the guide you can find ways to get more help and a short evaluation survey.

 Activity 1: Before you began, we asked you how confident you feel about searching for information for assignments at university.  

All you need to do is to select the radio button that best describes your confidence levels. All responses on the polls are anonymous.

Here are actions to develop your skills further depending on where your confidence levels are now.

For all students, we recommend:

• boosting your writing skills by taking a look at the Ten top tips for scientific writing guide.
• tapping into subject specific study skills books that will help you with a range of assignments in the Library resources to help with specific assignments section of the Biosciences and Chemistry subject guide.
• looking at the Hallam Library: Skills Centre website and booking a place on an appropriate to you workshop.

If you feel very confident or confident:  

• book a place on a ProQuest RefWorks classes and move to using an online referencing tool.
• decide how to keep up to date with your subject. You can find a range of approaches in the Bioscience and Chemistry guide listed below.

If you feel OK: 

• consolidate your research skills by taking a look at How to Search. This is an introduction to searching for information and is suitable for all students that join Hallam in their first year.
• if you need referencing support, book yourself a place on an APA referencing workshop or a one to one with a librarian.

If you feel not very confident or need help:

• book a one to one with your subject librarian.
• talk to an academic skills adviser in the Hallam Library: Skills Centre.

Here are links to the resources or services recommended above:

 Activity 2: Feedback

We are keen to know if the guide has helped you. There is a short survey below for you to complete. There are three questions, all answers are anonymous and it should take less than one minute to complete!