LibrarySkills@UCL: Searching for information

Just getting started with searching for information at university level? Take a look at these sections to get started with quick and effective ways to find good, reliable information to support your studies.

• Explore is UCL's search tool, and searches across a wide range of sources. Take a look at our guide to Explore: Finding books, journals and more.
• Make sure you understand the basics of search syntax: using AND and OR correctly.
• Find out how to interpret the Explore record and the shelfmark to find where copies of items are kept the library and how to link to online items.