2 How to use this book

First of all, please note that we will use the acronym HHG to refer to the Hitchhiker’s Guide for PSGY1001.

The HHG is an online book created using an open-source authoring and publishing system called Quarto. Among other outputs, Quarto can create online books in HTML format.¹ A very useful feature of Quarto HTML books is that they are searchable. Please make ample use of the search feature available in the upper left corner of the window (when using a laptop or desktop computer; on mobile devices, the search icon is in the upper right corner):

Note the use of icons in the table of contents and chapter headings. These icons have the following meanings:

: A chapter to be completed independently (compulsory).
(): A chapter to be completed independently (optional).
/ : A chapter that we will briefly cover in the lab, but that will need to be read in depth independently (compulsory).
: A chapter with a form requiring you to confirm that you have completed the compulsory independent reading.
: A chapter describing a formative assessment.
: A chapter describing a summative assessment.

Finally, note that the most current version of the HHG will always be available at this link: https://psychology.nottingham.ac.uk/staff/lpzjd/psgy1001

If you would like to access the version of HHG that was current when you were in Year 1 in future academic years, modify the link by adding the year in which you started like this: https://psychology.nottingham.ac.uk/staff/lpzjd/psgy1001-23

We hope that by publishing the HHG in HTML format, it will be more easily accessible, e.g. to vision-impaired or dyslexic students. If you have dyslexia, you might be interested in this list of Chrome extensions for people with dyslexia. If you have any suggestions on how to improve the accessibility further, please .↩︎