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Library Summer Certificate Course: Information Literacy Skills
The Reference Department of the University Library System will organize a summer certificate course in May 2002. After attending the 6 lessons on information literacy skills, you will be granted a certificate by the Library.
Registration:
Lesson 1: Introduction to information sources
Introduce various information sources, their characteristics and roles in supplying information: books, journals, reports, conference proceedings, government documents, patents, standards, bibliographies, indexes and abstracts, current awareness publications.
Date: May 22, 2002 (Wed)
Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Venue: User Education Room 1
Lesson 2: Basic electronic database searching skills
Introduce skills of using boolean & proximity operators and truncation, skills of limiting search terms to specific fields and year coverage, skills of using indexes and online thesaurus.
Date: May 23, 2002 (Thu)
Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Venue: User Education Room 1
Lesson 3: How to find books, journal articles, conference proceedings, theses and audio-visual materials
Demonstrate advanced searches of library catalogues, indexes and abstracts to locate books, articles, theses and audio-visual materials.
Date: May 24, 2002 (Fri)
Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Venue: User Education Room 1
Lesson 4: How to find information on current issues
Demonstrate how to use various printed and electronic tools to locate information on current issues.
Date: May 27, 2002 (Mon)
Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Venue: User Education Room 1
Lesson 5: How to find information on the web
Demonstrate how to use various internet search engines and directory services to locate information on the web.
Date: May 28, 2002 (Tue)
Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Venue: User Education Room 1
Lesson 6: Apply your information literacy skills
Professional Librarians will assist you in applying the information literacy skills acquired in the past lessons.
Date: May 29, 2002 (Wed)
Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Venue: User Education Room 1