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Academic and InfoSkills

Enhance your skills

Our Skills programme is designed to create opportunities for you to develop your transferable academic and information skills, improving both your academic success and employability. The curriculum covers a wide range of topics – from finding library resources to fake news to managing your online presence.

Your lecturers will organise for you to have an in-class session during your studies; however, our team of Academic Liaison Librarians have also developed a series of online units that allow you to develop your skills anywhere, anytime, to suit you.

For further support you can book an appointment or email us at infoskills@uwtsd.ac.uk.

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Know Your Rights:
Copyright and You

This standalone unit aims to introduce you to Copyright law and its application.

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What's so Special about Special Collections?

Learn more about our Special Collections & Archives

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Referencing Handbooks

Referencing correctly is an essential skill. When writing an assignment, you will be expected to acknowledge other people’s work by referencing them in a recognized and consistent format. Access UWTSD referencing handbooks here.

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RefWorks

RefWorks is an online research management, writing and collaboration tool, designed to help researchers easily gather, manage, store and share all types of information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies.

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Resources for Research

Information about LibKey Nomad and Google Scholar that can help with your research.

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Copyright Hub

We are the central point of information for UWTSD student and staff on copyright and how it applies to different media in various contexts.