Use MultiSearch:

• Type your search words into the MultiSearch box.
• If you know the Title or Author, search using the authors lastname and a few words of the title
• use the limits on the left of the results screen to limit to Books/eBooks or Journal articles.
• For academic journal articles, tick the ' Scholarly & peer-reviewed' limit along with 'Journal articles'
• For books on High Demand, search using your  Course Code.

• Green: appropriate resources for your essay/assignment.

• Orange: may be appropriate; consider carefully where the resource was located, how reliable it is, and why you are using it. Use sparingly.

• Red: Very unlikely to be appropriate, unless identified by your lecturer as a resource they wish you to look at.

• How much information do you need? Lecturers often give guidelines on the number of sources you should use.
• Has your lecturer specified a minimum number of academic or scholarly resources? Scholarly resources are peer-reviewed journal articles or academic texts/book chapters. (nb. Government policy documents such as Te Whāriki are not considered scholarly resources, but are appropriate supplementary materials to use in your assignments).
• Do you need current information or is older material relevant? Sometimes you might need both, as you might have to give both the historic background and the current situation of a topic.
• Do you need primary sources that give an original account of research, or secondary sources that are interpretations of someone else's work?

The internet has a lot of useful information, particularly from governments and organisations. Check who wrote the page you're on:

• a government department (.gov or .govt)
• organisation (.org)
• an academic (.edu or .ac)

Try Google Scholar to find reliable journal articles, or the Advanced Search features of Google to restrict your search to results from reputable sources.