Understand your
reading lists
To
o find itemss on your reading listt it is imporrtant that you can easily identifyy different referencess
so
o that you can locate the materials you ha
ave been asked to read.
Th
he most co
ommon item
ms on yourr reading list are likelly to be books, book chapters and journal
wever, depending on your subje
ect there may also be
e other item
ms such as
s newspap
per
artticles. How
artticles, repo
orts or filmss.
Ite
ems on you
ur reading list will be displayed as a refere
ence. This referencee will contain unique
o identify th
he informattion type. Once you h ave done
e this you are
infformation which you can use to
the
en ready to
o locate the item with
hin Encore
e.
Is it a book?
?
Author
Book title
Edition
Publi sher
th
Bryman
n. A. (2012) Social resea
arch methoods. 4 ed. Oxford:
O
Oxfo
ord Universsity Press
n year
Publication
Placce of publication
o search fo
or a book in
n Encore you will nee
ed to searc
ch for the title and/or author surrname, e.g
g.
To
Brryman soc
cial researrch metho
ods
ook?
Is it a chaptter in a bo
Author
A
Year
Chappter title
Editors
Stoer,
S
S. R. & Magalhaees, A. M. (20
009) Educat ion, knowle
edge and the network ssociety. In: R.
Dale
D and S. R
Robertson, eds. Globallisation andd Europeanissation in Ed
ducation. Oxxford:
Symposium
S
Books, pp. 45‐63.
Publisheer
Pages
Book title
Placce of
pubblication
To
o search fo
or a book chapter you
u should se
earch for th
he title of the book
ratther than the title of the chapter. This is b ecause En
ncore does
sn’t alwayss
co
ontain the details of in
ndividual chapters. E .g. Dale globalisatio
on and
Eu
uropeanisation in ed
ducation.
Th
he results in Encore will indicate
e if the boo
ok or book
k chapter is
s available in either print or as an
book. Inform
mation abo
out the ava
ailability an
nd location of the prin
nt book willl be provided. Ebookks
eb
ca
an be accessed by logging in with your IT username
e and pass
sword.
Is it a journa
al article?
?
Authors
Yeaar
Articcle title
Altbach, P. G. & Knigght, J. (2007
7) The internnationalizattion of higher educatioon: Motivatiions and
realities. Journal of Studies
S
in In
nternationaal Education
n, 11(3‐4), pp. 290‐305..
Jou
urnal title
Volume
& issue
Pages
To
o locate the
e full text of a journal article you
u first need
d to check if Warwickk has a sub
bscription to
the
e journal you require
e by search
hing for the
e title of the
e journal, e.g. Journaal of Studies in
Intternationa
al Education
If the journall is availab
ble, follow the links an
nd log in us
sing your IT usernam
me and pas
ssword.
sing the de
etails from the referen
nce (year, volume, is
ssue, pages) locate thhe article you require
e.
Us
Th
hings to lo
ook out for:

There
e are subtle
e differences betwee
en a book, book chap
pter and jouurnal article; a book
and a book chapter will inc
clude publication info
ormation, whereas a journal artticle will
usually have a volume and
d issue number.

Referrences for book chap
pters and jo
ournal artic
cles will have two titlees. A book chapter will
have the title of the chapte
er and the title of the book it ap
ppears in. T he journal article will
have the title of the article and the tittle of the jo
ournal it ap
ppears in.

If you are lookin
ng for a jou
urnal article
e or a book
k chapter, use the titl e of the main work
(journ
nal, book etc.) to searrch Encore
e rather tha
an the artic
cle or chappter title. Th
his
inform
mation will often appe
ear on yourr reading liist in italics
s or bold.
Different types of material
Books will generally fall into two categories, text books or scholarly
monographs.
Text books can present an overview of a subject area, providing a broad
view of the topic and including different models or theories. Scholarly monographs tend to be
more focused in their subject area, offering a much more detailed and in-depth coverage of
specialist topic.
Jo
ournal articcles are typ
pically shorrter pieces of academ
mic researc
ch or review
ws of existting researrch
hich have been peer--reviewed. Articles w ill tend to be more up to date thhan books as they arre
wh
up
pdated and
d published
d more regularly.
Prioritise your reading
It is importan
nt to manage your tim
me and prio
oritise your reading especially i f your read
ding list is
qu
uite long. Iff items havve been ma
arked as co
ore or esse
ential then you shoulld look at these first. If
yo
ou have only been assked to rea
ad a chapte
er from a book, then you don’t n ecessarily
y need to
rea
ad the entiire book. Iff there are items marrked as opttional or fu
urther reading then co
onsider
wh
hich ones you would benefit fro
om reading
g. I.e. would
d reading these help you contribute to a
se
eminar disccussion or are they lin
nked to an
n assignme
ent topic orr exam?
Fu
urther help
p
Th
he items on
n your read
ding list should all be
e available through th
he Library. However, if you have
an
ny question
ns or difficu
ulty locating any of th
he items on
n your read
ding list pleease conta
act your
Ac
cademic Su
upport Librrarian.