Find search guides, training videos and tutorials to assist you with conducting research on the Research Support tab.
Watch this video for tips on formulating keywords and other search techniques.
Search techniques are ways of using search terms in finding required information from search tools, such as search engines (Google), the library catalogue and online databases.
To achieve good search results, it is necessary to use search techniques.
The following are some of the most common search techniques that are applicable to various searching tools.
• Boolean Logic
• Parenthesis
• Phrase searching
• Truncation
• Wildcards
• Field searching
Hard copy books:
Consult titles on legal research and writing at shelf code R4
Some titles of interest are available from the Law Info Desk (Level 6)
Ebooks:
To find a list of Ebooks available, do a keyword search in the library catalogue, limit the search to Ebooks only and click on search: