All Cambridge University Library courses

Are you about to embark on a dissertation, thesis, or piece of extended research? Before you can contribute to the academic dialogue, you need to have a sound grasp of your topic and its context. This session will give you strategies for finding and evaluating published literature so you can get a 'big picture' view of your topic.

This session is designed to help you find the books and journal articles you need quickly and easily, using library catalogues and the University's wide range of electronic resources.

Over the course of your PhD research you will find and generate huge volumes of information, and staying on top of it all can be problematic. This workshop is designed to help you think about how you work, and to find tools and practical strategies that will work for you in storing, retrieving, managing and using information.

An introduction to the wide range of resources available at the MML Library and the UL, both in print and online.

An introduction to the wide range of resources available at the Pendlebury Library and the UL's Music Department.

The UL is unique: a national, legal deposit library with an amazing collection of around 8 million items - over two million of which you can browse on our open shelves. If that sounds a bit daunting, why not come on a brief orientation tour to help you find your way around? We’ll even tell you what we keep in the famous Library tower ...