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Education Guide: Getting started

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Are you a JCU Online Student?

JCU Online students that have no contact hours at a campus may find this one page guide to library services for online only students useful throughout their studies.

InfoSkills Toolkit

 

The image of hammer, spanner, ruler and saw in a boxInfoSkills Toolkit is a self-paced training tool to help you understand what is needed to unpack your assignment question, identify keywords for your research, find good quality sources and reference them appropriately.

There are four modules, and you can work through them in order, or jump straight to the part you need. Come back to the guide whenever you need a refresher on basic searching skills.

Key resources

Studiosity

24/7 study support

Where is it? Log in to LearnJCU > Go to your Subject Site > Go to Tools in the right side menu > choose 'Studiosity'

How does it work? 

Get anonymous, friendly study help and feedback on your draft for any assignment 

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