Congratulations to everyone who is finishing their degree at Deakin this trimester. It\u2019s a massive achievement in any student\u2019s life. And while you\u2019re heading out into the non-uni world, you don\u2019t have to leave the support of your Library behind.<\/p>\n
Below are some tips and resources to help you keep learning and researching after you leave University.<\/p>\n
Deakin Library Alumni membership<\/a> is free and will enable you to keep accessing many print books and some online resources. You will need to know your Deakin student or staff ID number. Contact the Alumni Engagement Team<\/a> if you don’t remember it, or if you need to update your contact details.<\/p>\n Check out the Using services and resources (for members)<\/a> page for help joining and using the Library as an alumni borrower. It provides instructions on a different way of searching than you might be used to as a student.<\/p>\n Use the Library Catalogue<\/a> to search for books in the collection and the alumni specific e-resources<\/a> page to find out which databases you can access. You might also be interested in the Finding research after graduation section of the Beyond Deakin LibGuide<\/a>.<\/p>\n We also recommend joining other libraries \u2013 local, state and national \u2013 to access even more resources. Use the Australian Libraries Gateway (ALG): ‘Find a Library’ tool<\/a> to find and join your nearest state and local libraries.<\/p>\n Once you have joined all the libraries, add as many of the Library Links as you can to your Google Scholar Settings.<\/a><\/p>\n Unpaywall<\/a> and Open Access Button<\/a> will pick up open access versions of articles as you’re searching Google Scholar and related platforms.<\/p>\n Library Extension<\/a> will let you see the availability of books from libraries.<\/p>\n All universities should have their own repository. If you find a paywalled resource that you want to read, check to see if a repository copy is available. To identify the host university, check the affiliation of any of the authors at the top of the paper.<\/p>\n If you need help finding repositories, check out the following resources:<\/p>\n Search these platforms for known titles or topics and use them to trace citations forward and back in time:<\/p>\n Often searching in these platforms as well as Google Scholar<\/a> for the title of the paywalled resource will bring up a repository copy.<\/p>\n If you can’t find an open access version of an article, you may at least be able to find open access versions of articles that have cited it.<\/p>\n Zotero is an open-source alternative to the proprietary software known as EndNote, designed to support reference management. You can freely use it after graduation and more easily use it to collaborate and share research with colleagues and communities outside of universities.<\/p>\n Find out how to import your EndNote library to Zotero<\/a>.<\/p>\n Learn how to use Zotero through the following tutorials:<\/p>\n Contact the author<\/strong><\/p>\nAdd these tools to your browser<\/h2>\n
Search repositories to find open access resources<\/h2>\n
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Use open citation searching and mapping tools<\/h2>\n
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Use Zotero to help you manage references<\/h2>\n
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Find open educational resources<\/h2>\n
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