Information skills
Get advice, guidance and training on how to use the library systems and resources
If you’re a Tavistock and Portman student or staff member and you need help with searching our databases or referencing, information skills trainer Mathieu Lubrun offers group and one-to-one sessions by Zoom. People who’ve had training with Mathieu have described it as ‘invaluable’, ‘supportive’, ‘insightful’ and ‘fun’! Email Mathieu to book a session.

We are pleased to report that Mathieu has achieved the status of Fellow of Higher Education Academy and is happy to give training sessions embedded into academic long courses. Mostly these are pre-arranged with your tutors, but if you find that this hasn’t happened, do request that your tutor arranges a session for your group.
How training can help you
Information skills training sessions available
- Introduction to the library
- Basic and advanced database searching. See also Mathieu’s videos at the end of this page
- Using EndNote Web to manage your references
- Citing and referencing
- Avoiding plagiarism
Literature searching videos
Mathieu has produced a series of videos to help you with basic and advanced literature searching.
Citing and referencing help
Videos to help with citing and referencing, including using EndNote Web, are available on our citing and referencing page.
Moodle information skills page
Tavistock and Portman students and staff can find downloads and links to a huge range of support material on Moodle. Go to our information skills Moodle page and enrol yourself by clicking the ‘Enrol Me’ button.