Information skills support
Discover how to find, evaluate and manage information through our online training events and resources.
What are information skills?
Information skills are important for your studies, research and life after university. Developing these skills will help you to find, assess and use information in the most effective way.
- Finding resources for your assignments and research
- Using databases
- Evaluating information to assess relevance, quality and reliability
- Searching for evidence for a systematic review
- Referencing and using EndNote
Learning resources
Your subject guide
Discover the key resources for your subject area from books and journals to subject databases and specialist information
Information skills
Our collection of online resources introduces you to a wide range of information skills. Work through them at your own pace and revisit them anytime.
Getting started
Literature searching
Critically evaluating information
Advanced information skills
Using EndNote
Find out how to use EndNote to manage your references.
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Webinars and one-to-one appointments
Join our weekly themed webinars for an insight into different the different areas of information skills or request a one-to-one appointment to delve further into a specific question.
Upcoming sessions
- Date
- 07/05/2026
- Description
- Develop your literature searching skills and explore your subject databases to find information for projects and dissertations. This webinar is suitable for undergraduates (year two onwards) and masters students studying Social Science subjects.
- Date
- 08/05/2026
- Description
- Want to find out more about using EndNote to keep track of references you find through your literature searches, and reference consistently in your writing? This webinar is suitable for all students.
- Date
- 08/05/2026
- Description
- Want to know more about using NUsearch, to find and access print and digital information across library collections? This webinar is suitable for all students.
- Date
- 11/05/2026
- Description
- This webinar will focus on advanced literature searching techniques, using critical evaluation skills, keeping up to date with literature in the field, and using reference management software. This webinar is suitable for Postgraduate Research Students and members of staff in the Science faculty. Advance booking via Central Short Courses is required.
- Date
- 11/05/2026
- Description
- Looking for scholarly information, such as journal articles, for your assessments or research? Discover some of the key subject databases in our Arts and Social Sciences collections, and how to search them effectively to find relevant information. This webinar is suitable for all students studying Arts and Social Sciences subjects.
- Date
- 11/05/2026
- Description
- Develop your literature searching skills and explore your subject databases to find information for projects and dissertations. This webinar is suitable for undergraduates (year two onwards) and masters students studying Medicine and Health Sciences subjects.
- Date
- 12/05/2026
- Description
- Develop your literature searching skills and explore your subject databases to find information for projects and dissertations. This webinar is suitable for undergraduates (year two onwards) and masters students studying subjects in Science or Engineering.
- Date
- 12/05/2026
- Description
- This webinar will focus on advanced literature searching techniques, using critical evaluation skills, keeping up to date with literature in the field, and using reference mangement software. This webinar is suitable for Postgraduate Research Students and members of staff in the Engineering faculty. Advance booking via Central Short Courses is required.
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Support for teaching
Request a tailored information skills session for your students or embed our asynchronous resources in your modules to support coursework and assignments.
To find out more visit Support for teaching.
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