Search tips 

Login in LibrarySearch or one of the databases on this guide, then search using keywords that describe your topic. Refine your search results to peer-reviewed journals, books, online books, book chapters or videos. 

The following tips will also work in Google Scholar and most databases. 

• Use OR between words to find any of your keywords 
• Group OR words using brackets. 
• Find "exact phrases" with quotation marks 
• Add an asterisk to part of a word to find different endings and plurals 
• There is a default AND relationship between search terms separated by a space

Examples searches: 

• COVID* OR corona* OR SARS-CoV-2
• "secondary bacterial pneumonia" 
• (COVID* OR corona* OR SARS-CoV-2) "secondary bacterial pneumonia" 

This video explains how to understand a call number to locate a book in the Library.

RMIT University Library (14 October 2021) ‘How to find a book in the Library’ [video], RMIT University Library, YouTube website, accessed 14 April 2023. https://youtu.be/38qiN_pyLUM

See the Library’s e-Book guide for tips on using e-books.

Assignments: get started- find out how to research your topic to find suitable information.