Basic Guides
Using Voyager, the Library Catalogue - on-line tutorial
Off-Campus Access to Electronic Resources
Research Guides
InfoQuest - The Online Guide to Finding Journal Articles
Primary, Review and Popular Journals, what are the differences?
Guide to Finding Theses
Essay/Report Writing Guides
The Confused Undergrads Guide to Getting Good Marks in Biology (Prepared for the School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland by Paul Barnett and Emma Marks)
EndNote - Information on using EndNote (bibliography maker), helpsheets, tutorial times, online tutorial etc.
Preparing Annotated Bibliographies: try the Writers Handbook or the Online Writing Lab.
Preparing a Literature Review
Database Guides
For guides on database usage refer to the Marine Science Database list on the Library website, click on the database name and then scroll to the bottom of the screen for downloadable database help sheets.
Seminar Presentation Guide
A useful guide to giving seminars and presentations and using visual aids by the Oceanographic Society (in PDF format)
File last updated : 17 February, 2009 . Comments and suggestions to : John Lavas