The Library Research Support team provides individualised research assistance for all academic activities such as assignments, theses, dissertations, research articles and other academic projects
What Can We Help You With?
- Literature searches in peer-reviewed journal articles, books, theses/dissertations and other scholarly items.
- Citation support using automated reference software such as Mendeley and Zotero.
- One-on-one or group training in the use of electronic resources and Turnitin.
- Locating subject-specific online databases.
- Developing search terms and other online search strategies
- Author IDs and profiles such as Scopus ID, ORCID, and Researcher ID. (You can read more about Author IDs here).
- Finding the right journal to publish with.
- Open Access.
- Research Data management.
Ways to Get Research Assistance
- Library WhatsApp only - 0786 755 935
- Research email research(at)library.msu.ac.zw
- You can walk into the Library Information Desk and get personalised assistance or be referred to a relevant office.
- You can also use our Ask-A-Librarian page by following this link to send a query to the Library.
