Starting an Arts dissertation for the first time can be a daunting process. It may be the first time that you have not had a reading list to help you know which sources to look at. This guide will help you to come up with a strategy for finding the relevant publications on your dissertation topic.

Library Search should be your starting point when you need to find a range of books on your topic, but there are lots of other options. This guide will suggest other places to search.

This guide explains the different resources available for identifying journal articles on a topic.

This guide explains how to use subject databases in the Arts and Humanities. It explains how to search effectively and how to save your results.