There's a lot to think about when you first begin your research. From support with grant proposals to writing literature reviews, we can help you get started.

Research reviews

Learn how to conduct a systematic review and to develop a literature review.

Ask our librarians for search support for systematic reviews.

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Grant support

Starting a project often means finding the funding to make it happen, and that means applying for grants. When you need to demonstrate your research quality and impact, we're here with services and support.

We can help you with:

Grant support

Research essentials

This guide outlines our services and resources for higher degree by research students and early career researchers.

As a HDR student or ECR you are supported by your librarian who can provide tailored support at all stages of the research life cycle.

Research essentials library guide

EndNote

Available to both staff and students, EndNote makes it easy to manage references and citation information for your projects and scholarly publications.

Find more information and instructions in our online EndNote library guide.

EndNote workshops are available as part of the library’s Research Essentials seminar series. Contact the library for more information.

EndNote library guide

Mendeley

Mendeley is a reference manager and an academic social network. ACU has an institutional account with Mendeley which allows ACU staff and students greater storage space for libraries and usage analytics of content.

If you are already using Mendeley you can link your account through to the ACU institutional account.

Find out more about using Mendeley with these help guides or contact your librarian.

Mendeley library guide

Zotero

Zotero is an easy-to-use free reference management tool and comes with 300 MB of free storage.

Compare features of reference management tools using the table on the Zotero library guide.

Zotero library guide



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