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Specialist consultations for Higher Degree by Research candidates and research staff

Avondale’s Research Support Librarian offers tailored, one-on-one consultations for PhD and Masters by Research candidates and academic staff engaged in research. These sessions provide specialist support with:

  • Literature searching and advanced search strategies
  • Systematic and structured review searching
  • Navigating discipline-specific databases and research resources
  • Referencing and EndNote
  • Using the Avondale Research Repository (ACORA)
  • Scholarly communication and journal selection
  • Research metrics, research visibility, and impact
  • Promoting research and tracking citations
  • Evaluating emerging research tools and information sources, including GenAI, where relevant to the research process
  • Copyright, author rights, publishing agreements, and Creative Commons licensing

Consultations are available online or at Lake Macquarie (Cooranbong) and Sydney (Wahroonga) campuses.

Note:
For academic writing development, please book an Academic Writing & Study Skills session.
For thesis submission assistance, contact: librarysupport.research@avondale.edu.au
For guidance on research methodology, topic development, research ethics, or the appropriate use of GenAI within a research project, please contact your supervisor or the Research Services Office at researchservices@avondale.edu.au