This guide has been designed to assist students studying HNB1103 & HNB3208 Professional Studies 1 in the Bachelor of Nursing to develop research skills and to locate academic sources of information to complete assessment tasks.

• Getting started with your assignment
• Books & ebooks
• Databases & journals
• Websites
• Referencing 

You need to access your MyLibrary account online to:

• check the status of physical checked out items
• renew physical items eg. books

Referencing Guides

• APA referencing

• Referencing & plagiarism

How to guide

• E-book guide

One-on-one librarian consultations are available Monday - Friday 10 am and 4 pm.

Email the Health & Biomedicine Librarians to book an appointment and please state your preferred time/day.

suzanne.poliness@vu.edu.au

iwona.janius@vu.edu.au

A librarian will reply with a confirmation of your appointment and a link to the Zoom meeting.

If you are unable to attend an appointment, please contact the librarian to reschedule your consultation session.

Suzanne Poliness

College Librarian (Health and Biomedicine)

suzanne.poliness@vu.edu.au

Iwona Janius
Librarian (Health and Biomedicine)

iwona.janius@vu.edu.au

Kirstin Scholz

Librarian (Health and Biomedicine)

kirstin.scholz@vu.edu.au

Get help with accessing library resources

• During HE semester: 
  • 9am-8pm (Mon-Thurs)
  • 9am-5pm (Fri)
  • 11am-3pm (Sat-Sun)
• Outside of HE semester: 
  • 9am-5pm (Mon-Fri)
• Chat is not available on public holidays or University closures.

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