Library Study Skills Sessions
Spring Term 2012

Using and evaluating different sources of information

Conference and  Computer Centre

Tues 28  February Room CC1.08

Wed 29 February
Room CC1.14 

6.30 pm - 8 pm

You will learn how to:

• Distinguish between different sources of information including books, journals and websites

• Select the best information sources for your research task

• Evaluate information sources including websites

Searching for books and ebooks held at Bloomsbury Library: The BBK Catalogue

Conference and Computer Centre

Tues 6 March
Room CC1.08

Wed 7 March
Room CC1.14

6.30 pm – 7.30 pm

You will learn how to:

• Log on to the UEL network

• Conduct basic and advance searches in the BBK library catalogue

• Find and access ebooks through the BBK catalogue

• Renew your loans and request material

• Manage your library account while on/off campus

• Introduction to the UEL catalogue

Finding articles in academic journals for your assignment

Conference and Computer Centre

Tues 13 March
Room CC1.08

Wed 14 March
Room CC1.14

6.30 pm – 8.30 pm

You will discover:

• Whether to Google or not to Google

• Where to find academic resources

• How to set the Athens cookie

• How to navigate the elibrary website effectively

• How to locate and access ejournal articles for a known journal title

• How to find academic content in full text databases (JSTOR)

• How to explore Google Scholar

Using electronic encyclopaedias for your assignment (Oxford Reference Online and Credo Reference)

Conference and Computer Centre

Tues 20 March
Room CC1.08

Wed 21 March
Room CC1.08

6.30 pm - 8.30 pm

You will discover:

• Why Wikipedia is always at the top of the Google searches

• Whether to trust Wikipedia and other web sources or not for your assignments

• Where to find trusted web sources

• Where to find reliable background information on your topic from reference sources

• How to access and use Oxford Reference Online

• How to access and use Credo Reference

• How to find related concepts with Credo’s concept maps

Using newspaper databases

Wed 28 March

6.30 pm –8 pm

Conference and Computer Centre Room CC1.08

You  will discover:

• When to use newspaper databases for your assignments

• Where to find UK and international newspapers and trade press

• How to conduct a comprehensive search in Nexis^® UK (basic refiners)

• How to explore the search results using the search tabs

• How to find news articles from a particular publication

Finding “free to copy” images for your presentations

Thurs 29 March 

6.30 pm - 8.30 pm

Conference and Computer Centre Room CC1.08

You will:

• Reflect on your image seeking patterns

• Consider your legal responsibilities when using digital images from the web

• Be given a selection of sources of copyright cleared images for enhancing your presentations (publicly shared and HE sources)

• Explore what is considered as “acceptable use” using the Flickr Creative Commons pool