Using the Library – postgraduate coursework students
Library support services and facilities to help you with your studies.
The Library can help you with advanced search strategies and literature reviews, managing your references and keeping up to date with the latest publications. Explore our self-guided options or make an appointment with a faculty librarian. Choose from a range of dedicated postgraduate study spaces or almost 5,000 spaces across all our libraries.
Orientation
We can help you set up and get connected to the UWA systems that you will be depending on throughout your course, and guide you to the finding your Unit Readings and information for your first assignments.
O-Week checklist
Things I really need to do before the end of O-Week:
- Set up my Pheme account.
- Connect to Unifi (UWA’s Wi-Fi).
- Log in to LMS (Learning Management System).
- Attend a library workshop to get all my devices set up and connected.
- Attend a library workshop ‘Exploring your Library online’.
Week 1 Study CONNECT checklist
Need to get started on your Week 1 readings? Look for a Unit Readings link in the LMS menu in your unit. Unit Readings provides access to course materials identified by Unit Coordinators as being important for your units.
If you haven’t already, look for the ACE unit in your LMS and complete it early in the semester. This will help you to understand the UWA academic environment.
- Check for Unit Readings link in LMS menu in each unit.
- Start the ACE unit.
Week 2 checklist
Be sure to complete your ACE unit early in your studies. Look for it in your LMS. You can go back to this unit at any time for a refresher.
- Complete the ACE unit.
- Check out our Library Workshops calendar.
Library workshops
Experienced librarians offer a regular program of workshops in areas such as literature searching, data discovery and management, EndNote and Mendeley.
Support
Explore our Study Support page for all our online self-guided resources, referencing tips, Library Survival Guides, workshops and a variety of links to how we can help you face-to-face.
Ask a faculty librarian
We’re here to help you with advanced search strategies and literature reviews, managing your references and keeping up to date with the latest publications.
Finding and managing information
Spaces and facilities
Nearly 5,000 study spaces are available across the University’s six libraries. A range of study zones means you can study with friends, with a coffee, with a view, or focus alone and in silence – the choice is yours.
Our libraries offer a range of facilities, including PCs, power points, charging stations, Wi-Fi, printing, copying, scanning, 3D printing, group study rooms, digital screens and whiteboards for collaboration, a parents room, universal access bathrooms, filtered hot and cold water, microwaves and more.
Our libraries offer opening hours to suit your study habits and activities on campus, including evening and weekend opening hours and 24/7 periods during pre-exam study breaks.
Postgraduate study spaces
Dedicated postgraduate spaces are available at the Reid Library, second floor, and Barry J Marshall Library, third floor.
Related links
Using the Library – undergraduate students
Library support services and facilities to help you succeed in your studies.
Using the Library – Teaching
The University Library provides a wealth of research and teaching assistance specifically for staff.
Using the Library – Research
The University Library provides a range of services and resources to support your research.
Using the Library – Visitors and alumni
Information for former students and staff, community members and visitors to UWA.
Stay in touch
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