As you head for the finish line…

As we round into the last straight and head towards the finish line for the academic year (exam season for most people), time for many people becomes a peculiarly precious commodity. If you need to find something (a book, a fact, an image, a few dozen choice scholarly articles… really anything) for your assignments, stop by the Library Help Desk between 11 am – 1 pm, Monday-Friday (except Bank Holiday Mondays – there are a couple of those coming up in May!) or chat with a librarian 24/7 online through the Library website.

We are also a dab hand at referencing (especially the APA style), and are happy to check your references and advise on how to reference something. One of our more common, and understandable, queries is “what is this thing I’ve found and how should it be referenced?” Usually, it’s obvious, but there is no harm asking and there are occasions when you might have stumbled across a Command Paper or something else slightly unusual with an equally peculiar referencing format! I always reassure people that the only silly question is the one you don’t ask.

With all that said, a video saves a thousand words, which is, I expect, what you wish I’d written about a thousand words ago…