Discover Resources and Support
La Trobe has many resources to support you throughout your research candidature. Explore some of the following to get you started.
Graduate Research School
The Graduate Research School is the place to go to keep up with all important administrative details of your candidature.
Research Education Development Team (RED)
The RED team offers a range of support for Honours and Higher Degree by Research candidates, including a comprehensive workshop and seminar program, advice about academic integrity and a range of development opportunities to assist you with your research and writing. A full list of training seminars offered by RED and the Library can be found here:
Library Research Support
Senior Research Librarians can provide one-to-one consultations, training and support for:
- general search strategies
- database searching assistance
- conducting a literature review
- creating researcher profiles
- setting up database alerts
- identifying where to publish
- uploading research outputs to OPAL
- data management planning
- measuring research impact
- the My Publications system
- advanced information and digital fluency skills.
You can book a consultation here:
Graduate Researcher Information Skills
The Graduate Researcher Information Skills (GRIS) workshops are designed to offer you an early introduction into the range of services provided by the Library to help you develop skills in literature searching, information and data management, researcher academic profiles and other important tips related to publishing your research. Find out about search strategies, Endnote, Covidence, and more.
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Theses and dissertations
Looking at theses from your discipline is an excellent way to give you an overview of what a finished product looks like. Not only will you find relevant research that will inform your own project, you will gain a sense of the structure, style, methodologies and formats that have been used by other writers in your field.