Studying at Anglia Ruskin
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- Information and Study Skills training sessions
We offer library information and study skills sessions at all our Anglia Ruskin campuses. Librarians will run skills sessions in some of your modules. We also run lunchtime drop-in sessions to help you improve your information skills. - Library Jargon & Glossary of used terms
Trouble understanding library words and terms? Check out our Glossary! To use the Glossary terms - please note firstly you will need to pre-select the Glossary tab located on the library website homepage this can be easily found on the top menu bar [next to My.Anglia link]. - PILOT – Information Skills: Why Use it?
Are you skilled in finding, retrieving and making sense of information? If you want to improve your skills, have a go at our online tutorial PILOT. Using learning activities - provides a list of all Pilot activities, exercises, demonstrations and animations included in each module to help you access these resources easily, view text transcripts or alternative versions, and revisit activities for further learning. PILOT includes: Module 1 - Determine your information needs Module 2 - Indentify and obtain information Module 3 - Evaluate your information Module 4 - Manage your information Module 5 - Synthesise and communicate your information Module 6 - Use your information appropriately - Study skills guides
Student Support Services provide help on campus with broader study skills. Here are their online guides. - Understanding Copyright: Library guidance - Questions and Answers
University staff and students can make copies as an individual. However there are strict guidelines that must be followed to prevent copyright infringement. Remember a copy can be a photocopy, but it can also be article you scanned or an image you downloaded. - Understanding Plagiarism
Don’t get caught out through misunderstanding the rules! Have a look at this online tutorial. - Understanding Referencing
Anglia Ruskin requires most students to use the Harvard System of referencing in assignments. See our page on Referencing and our Guide. - Why Use RefWorks?
RefWorks is our reference management software. Sign up for a RefWorks account and create a database of your references.