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Research repository VURR

It is an open-access repository that showcases the research and scholarly outputs of VU staff and higher degree research students.

Library research support

As a research staff or Higher Degree Research candidate, you can use research lounges and receive valuable professional and personal support.

Publishing your research

Early researchers seeking advice on where to publish their first article, or seniors seeking guidelines on how to comply with a future mandate.

Library news & events

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Library stall at O-Fest City Campus

Visit the library stall at O-Fest City Campus and explore the City Library on Level 2 to connect with other students through games, puzzles or colouring: 25 September, 11am—1pm.

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Effective prompt engineering for academic success

Learn how to get better results from generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot by exploring the basics of prompt engineering. Join the online workshop: 27 August, 14 October, 4 November.

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Library workshop: Getting started with Academic Integrity

Learn why academic integrity matters, become familiar with academic integrity terms and concepts, and resources: 20 October.

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Library Workshop: Finding Grey Literature

Learn how to find, evaluate and reference grey literature such as reports, conference proceedings, statistics and data, for academic writing: 16 October and 5 November.

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Library Workshop: APA referencing

If you are required to use an author-date referencing style, APA referencing is the style to apply. Join this online interactive workshop to develop or improve your APA referencing skills: Tuesday 2 September and Thursday 9 October.

Search new database of Open Access journals

Search the new database of Open Access journals to find journals where you can publish without paying an article processing charge.