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RT @jsecker: Very impressed with new UEL Infoskills site: http://infoskills.uelconnect.org.uk/ #infolit

University of Newcastle Library - Australia

Useful resource for evaluating academic and non academic resources

Queensland University of Technology "This online information literacy tutorial provides undergraduates with the skills and tools to find and manage information effectively. Choose one module to suit your needs or complete all six. Pass the test for your Pilot licence."

"This free resource is full of practical advice to help you study more effectively at university."

This central repository contains bite-sized information literacy learning resources...to integrate into teaching materials... There is a selection of activities, quizzes, diagrams and cartoons as well as short ready-made self-paced tutorials on a range of essential information literacy topics such as citing references and plagiarism.

Boolean and truncation animations with quizzes

Tutorial covers: identifying the information need, scope of resources and planning a search strategy with quizzes

"Each week, I ask my Information Literacy for Teaching and Learning students to respond to a few prompts in a letter to me. (Like I mentioned last week, I usually have folks blog, but because they are doing field experiences, I felt I needed to keep the conversation a bit more private this time around.)"

ALISS Recommends: Useful Resources for Training and Student Inductions. 

Teaching technique One of the tips I picked up from attending the COFHE conference from attending Anthony Beal's session was the use of Post-it notes for a different way to evaluate student perceptions. At the beginning of the session I gave the students two post it notes each and asked them to write down...

A look at linear time and information: from the occurrence of an event, era, social movement or discovery, ...to the documentation of evidence relating to this event, era, social movement, etc.to how the evidence is disseminatedand how researchers (and term paper writers) can find this documentation

Shows how information appears in different types of sources over time. Includes the flow for 1953: Crick & Watson - Determine the Structure of DNA

Includes guidance on Boolean, Proximity Operators, Truncation / Wildcards, Subject Headings, Keywords, Thesauruses and Indexes.

A ten-step strategy for learning how to research 

"Developed by a team of librarians and others at Purdue University to guide you through the process of developing an effective information strategy." Attractively designed tutorial covering all areas of information searching. http://goo.gl/4vG7C

"This page highlights a range of library resources and links to tools and information to enhance induction with technology and inspiring learning for all. This also explains what i-skills are and why they are so important.  The RSC South West has developed a new interactive Information Literacy tool, created by Matt Ewens and David Bevington. Our aim is to pool together information literacy resources from around the world in one place. We would also welcome resources to be considered for inclusion in the tool. Please contact Matt Ewens (mattewens@rsc-south-west.ac.uk"