Short Primo video guides
Primo is our Library discovery tool. Find out how to use it to find relevant resources in your subject area.
Training
We provide sessions to support your critical thinking and information literacy skills. Here you can find a selection of our presentations, worksheets, and a list of the workshops we run.
Course-embedded Teaching
Information Consultants deliver lectures and workshops on library resources, specialist subject databases, search techniques and referencing to support teaching across all disciplines.
Open Sessions
Alongside course‑based teaching, Information Consultants offer practical sessions open to all students to help you find information for assignments, projects and dissertations.
Contact the Information Consultant for your subject area.
Discover Our Open Sessions
Learn how to use important resources such as Ebook Central, Scopus and Web of Science, search Primo better, use RefWorks to create in-text citations and references and Google better. Our workshops help you develop appropriate information skills for your level of study.
- Short sessions for UG and PGT students (start of 1st and 2nd semester)
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- Library discovery tool Primo
- What are academic sources?
- Principles of referencing
- RefWorks
Dates for these sessions will be announced in due course.
- PGT Refresher Series (May)
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The Library and Student Learning Service offer a series of workshops and seminars designed to help you with your dissertation and project research. Topics include:
- Library resources and academic integrity
- Primo features to support your dissertation research
- Go further with your dissertation research: academic databases
- Manage your references with RefWorks
- Approaching and managing your dissertation
- Presenting your dissertation/project research orally
Dates for these sessions will be announced in due course. You can also check the course booking system for sessions offered by the Digital Skills Team as part of the Refresher Series.
- Library support for postgraduate researchers
Teaching Materials and Resources
Explore recordings and presentations from our information skills sessions. Press CC to turn on captions.
Page last updated by Eleni Borompoka, June 2026