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Academic Guidance and Support
The following services and support are available to everyone.
- Chat with an online librarian with any library queries. This service is available every weekday, and on weekends during the university semester.
- This is your user-friendly, go-to guide for finding information, note-taking, critical thinking, evaluating resources, writing your assignment and more.
Study Smart Resources
- Assignment Planner
- How to Guides
- Pre-reading Techniques
- Selective Reading Techniques
- Essay Drafting Tool
- Evaluating your information
- Using information ethically
- Use the library’s referencing style guides for most commonly used citation styles.
- An interactive, monster-fighting game to assist with learning about different referencing styles and when to use them.
Academy U
The following links provide academic guidance and support to current Academy U students. Find out more about the Academy U programme here.
- This is a selective list of electronic resources available at Western Sydney Library.
- Access to electronic collections including databases and journals.
- Access workshops, self-paced resources and support for your assignments, academic writing, and studies. Select the service which is right for you when you need it.
- Book a consultation with a Study Smart Librarian for assistance with researching your topics, managing your information, understanding reference styles and more.