Undergraduate information skills pathway

This page outlines the basic pathway for undergraduate students to develop their information skills. Talk to your Liaison Librarian about embedding these skills in undergraduate teaching.

Level	Session title	Learning outcomes	Pre-requisites
1.1	Find your way around the library Recommended time: 20 Mins	Students will gain familiarity with sources for background, in-depth and up-to-date information services obligations	nil
1.2	Find books using the Library catalogue Recommended time: 20 Mins	Students will be able to interpret reading lists find items from reading lists in the physical and electronic collections find items for a particular topic renew loans	1.1
2.1	Finding information for your assignments Recommended time: 120 Mins	Students will be able to understanding of the nature of information cycle select the appropriate source for the information need select the appropriate database/s apply search logic to retrieve relevant information review and evaluate results mark and save records locate sources cite references	1.1-1.2
3.1	Tracing research with citation databases (Web of Science) Recommended time: 60 Mins	Students will be able to trace research publications using citation links	2.1
3.2	Keep up to date with Alerts Recommended time: 60 Mins	Students will be able to set-up alerts to keep up to date with new information on their topics	3.1
3.3	Manage information with EndNote Recommended time: 120 Mins	Students will be able to create an EndNote library enter data manually and electronically select appropriate reference (output) styles insert citations from EndNote in Word document create reference lists and bibliographies	3.1

Last Modified: 14-May-2010