Category: Information Skills

Graduation 2022 Friday 8th July

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Graduation in the Great Hall

Graduation ceremony

Congratulations to the following students who graduate today!

You can read their theses in the Aberystwyth Research Portal by clicking on the links

English and Creative Writing

Morgan Davies ‘The Burning Bracken: A Novel with Accompanying Critical Commentary’ http://hdl.handle.net/2160/3cf9e413-70a7-44cd-95c5-af6ec91b2d42

Elizabeth Godwin ‘Poetry and the Architecture of Imagination’ http://hdl.handle.net/2160/0531b4b8-49b0-4ce5-95a6-3e95c62667f1

Robert Jones ‘Lain Beside Gold’ Narrative, Metaphor and Energy in Freud and Conan Doyle’ http://hdl.handle.net/2160/1d588151-6162-4d9a-a3c7-107879f21d5c

George Sandifer-Smith ‘The Stone Bell (Creative Writing Project) & Accompanying Critical Commentary: Temporality, Place & Memory’  http://hdl.handle.net/2160/cca01ed0-4db9-4374-9f9c-8b72cfd809d0

International Politics

Abigail Blyth ‘The British Intelligence Services in the public domain’ http://hdl.handle.net/2160/603b6051-5b23-45a3-9194-abeb027e0dd8

Karijn van den Berg ‘Making sense of personal environmental action: A relational reframing through the study of activists’ experiences’ http://hdl.handle.net/2160/58323949-e25b-46cf-b69d-bf1e3c4fd0be

Theatre, Film and Television Studies

Paul Jones ‘Heterotopic  Frictions: Visually Problematising Identity, Territory and Language from an Anglo-Welsh Perspective’ http://hdl.handle.net/2160/5c7b7515-0230-4723-9084-7208804ac4b6

Jamie Terrill ‘An Investigation of Rural Welsh Cinemas: Their Histories, Memories and Communities’ http://hdl.handle.net/2160/7a6d3f43-ea8c-4478-b485-34b5bcd81691

From Resources to referencing

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A book and notepadAssignments: from Resources to Referencing has been prepared by the Subject Librarians at the University to develop key information literacy skills essential for academic study – from finding high quality academic materials to citing resources correctly in your assignments. The module is available to all students on Blackboard.

The module currently contains three sections:

Library and IT Induction
• Provides everything you need to know about getting started with library services and collections.
• A quiz to practice using library resources.

Referencing and Plagiarism Awareness
• Helps you understand the importance of accurate referencing; how to create accurate citations and references; how to manage your citations using referencing software tools and how to interpret your Turnitin Similarity Report.
• This guide includes a quiz which allows you to practice the skills you have learned using the specific referencing style specified by your department

News & Media Literacy
• This guide helps develop critical skills in evaluating the information we consume online. You will learn how to define key concepts such as free speech, misinformation, disinformation and censorship; understand concepts of selection and bias in the media and how to spot fake news.
• This guide includes a quiz which allows you to test the knowledge you have gained.

Further guides and quizzes will be added to the module in future.
If you require guidance in using the module, have any questions on using library collections and services or have any feedback, please contact: librarians@aber.ac.uk / 01970 621896

New Dissertation and News and Media LibGuides

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Our Subject Librarians have published not one but two new LibGuides to help you with your studies and what comes after.

Dissertation LibGuide

Whether you’re planning ahead for your dissertation or part way through it and regretting every decision you’ve made, this guide can help you!

In one easy-to-follow and simple guide, you will find all you need to understand and manage the dissertation process from finding information sources and developing your searching techniques to evaluating and referencing the sources you use.

For help and advice for every stage of your dissertation, from concept to conclusion, take a look our our Dissertation LibGuide: https://libguides.aber.ac.uk/dissertation.

Screenshot from the News and Media LibGuide

News and Media LibGuide

Our News and Media guide is a clear and comprehensive resource to help you navigate the tricky world of news and media throughout your time at University and beyond.

  • Protect your image online
  • Define key concepts such as free speech, misinformation, disinformation and censorship
  • Learn how algorithms are used to target people on social media platforms
  • Understand concepts of selection and bias
  • Explain what fake news is and how to recognise it

Our News and Media LibGuide is here to help you help yourself stay safe and savvy: https://libguides.aber.ac.uk/newsandmedia  

See all of our subject and study support LibGuides here

New Copyright LibGuide

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As a student, do you want to know how copyright affects how you might prepare for and write your assignments? Perhaps you are a lecturer, and you want to know if showing a film or television programme during a lecture or seminar might be breaching copyright legislation? Or are you a researcher looking to protect your own work from being used by others without your permission?
Answers to these and many other questions about copyright are dealt with in our new Copyright LibGuide. The LibGuide offers not just a comprehensive overview of the current copyright legislation but also practical advice on common copyright scenarios that you might encounter as part of your work here at Aberystwyth University.
The LibGuide is available in Welsh and in English.


(Engraving by William Hogarth. In the Public Domain)

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