How to recognise different resources

Online resources

Research starters

Research starters are available for some popular topics. They are citable, authoritative summary articles, designed to assist users with their research.

 

If a Research Starter placard appears on the result list, as in the example above, simply click the article title or the "More" button to read about the topic or find related articles and images.

eBooks

The e-library includes an expanding collection of over 1,000 eBooks, on insurance, financial planning, management and other related topics.

Ebook results look like this:

 

You have the option to:

• Click the title to find out more information about the ebook
• Click the "eBook Full Text" link to view the text online
• Click "Download (Offline)" to download the ebook, if it is available. For information on how to download an ebook to PC or tablet, please see the user guide on how to download eBooks.

eBooks can be downloaded for up to seven at a time, and returned if you no longer have need of them.

Articles and reports

There are thousands of articles and reports available online via e-library. Online article records look like this:

You have the option to:

• Click the title to find out more information about the article or report
• Click the "PDF Full Text" link to view the text online.

Articles available via third-party databases

Articles available via third-party databases will look like this:

 

You have the option to:

• Click the title to find out more information about the article or report
• Click the "View this record from..." link to view the text online. This will take you to a third-party site.

Tools

When viewing the text online, you are presented with the following options:

Add to folder – allows you to add it to your personal folder to easily recover later. See the separate user guide on how to create a folder in e-library.

Print

Email – sometimes it is possible to email the details of articles to yourself and others, but not normally possible to email the actual articles.

Save – due to how the access works, it is not possible to save copies of the actual articles this way. This functionality allows you to save a record of the citation.

Cite – if you wish to see how to cite an article or report

Export – export a copy of the citation to citation managers such as Mendeley or EndNote.

Permalink – please ignore this functionality.

Share – share citation details about the article via social media, citation managers and other channels.