A selection of videos created by our Academic Liaison Librarian team to support your research skills.
Choosing and defining your research question
Some tips on choosing and defining your research topic including some sources which may help you.
Length of video: 2:54 min
Getting started with your research
Tips for getting started with your research from your Academic Liaison Librarians.
Length of video: 2:52 min
Advanced search techniques
Find out about how to combine search terms, use Boolean operators and what field searching means. This will help you search more efficiently whatever your search tool.
Length of video: 3:10 min
Introduction to Library Search
An introduction to key features of Library Search at Falmouth University. This screencast introduces you to the Library Search interface and provides a walkthrough of a simple search to get you started.
Length of video: 4:25 min
University of Exeter students please watch this Guide to searching the library as an Exeter Penryn student.
Filter information
Learn about how to filter information during research.
Length of video: 2:24 min
Google Scholar walkthough
See how to connect your library resources to Google scholar and how to search for academic sources.
Length of video: 5:30 min
A tour of the FXPlus library website
A guided tour of the FXPlus library website
Length of video: 5:28
Introduction to Subject Guides
An introduction to Falmouth University Subject Guides. One of our Academic Liaison Librarians provides a walkthrough of one of the library subject guides.
Exeter students should visit the UoE LibGuides
Length of video: 4:55 min
When to use Falmouth University library's digital collections
Length of video: 2:00 min
University of Exeter students should visit this Using Research Databases guide.
Introduction to snowball searching as a search method
An introduction to snowball searching as a search method
Length of video: 1:35 min
Help and Support
An introduction to help and support available when using the library. This short animation identifies key access points for help, both online and in the campus libraries.
Length of video: 2:02 min
Reference Management Tools
An introduction to reference management tools explaining what they are and how they can help.
Length of video: 2:01 min
TALIS resource lists
An introduction to TALIS resource lists at Falmouth University. Learn how to access and interact with your online module resources lists. For a more detailed look at views see also the TALIS walkthrough video.
Length of video: 1:39 min
TALIS resource list walkthrough
Length of video: 1:54 min
A selection of videos created by our Academic Liaison Librarian team to support your research skills.