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USING
LEARNING RESOURCES
There are a number of resources at your disposal at university. You should learn how to access these resources and how to pick the correct and appropriate information for assignments, research and reports. It is important that you are able to identify credible resources that are relevant to your subject and to the topic that you are researching. examples of resources that are available to you:
• BOOkS
• PRINTED ACADEMIC
jOURNALS
• ONLINE jOURNALS
• NEWSPAPERS
• THE INTERNET
USING THE INTERNET AS A RESOURCE
unlike the other resources the Internet can be an unreliable source of information. anyone can create a website and add information which may be incorrect or biased. Therefore it is important that you are able to distinguish between credible sources and unreliable ones.
