Information Literacy and Researching Skills Training
General tutorials
- Check our general program of library tours
and information literacy tutorials.
- These are available for Charles Darwin University staff or students.
Information
Literacy at CDU
Information literacy (the
ability to locate and use information effectively) is an essential
element of university life. It is recognised nationally by universities
as being an essential graduate attribute.
The Researching Skills interactive tutorial is designed to give you skills to find materials (books, journal articles, websites, etc) effectively and efficiently using the library’s resources and the Internet. You will not only learn how to develop search strategies but also to evaluate the information you find and it is based on the Information Literacy guidelines produced by the Council
of Australian University Librarians (CAUL).
Contact the Information
Literacy Coordinator on 08 8946 6193 or email infolit@cdu.edu.au.nospam (remove the no spam from the address).
Endnote
EndNote classes are run every month during semester time. Lecturers can arrange to have tailored sessions in addition to these set times. Contact the liaison librarian for your school or go to the CDU EndNote webpage.
Legal research
Legal research component of the Law degree is run by the Law Liaison Librarian or check out the Law Subject Guide.
Specialised
tutorials
Lecturers can arrange to have tailored library tours and/or
tutorials for students doing VET courses or higher
education subjects requiring use of specialised resources.
Contact the liaison librarian for
your school.
Online
guides
- CDU Library Catalogue (ppt. 2.74MB)
- This introductory powerpoint provides an overview on using the CDU Library Catalogue (please note that this is a big file so it may keep a while to load).
- CDU Library Periodical Databases Guide (ppt. 3.13MB)
- this introductory powerpoint provides an overview on how to search the CDU Library Databases (please note that this is a big file so it may keep a while to load).
- CCH Online Tutorials and Reference Guide
- animated tutorials providing a tour of essential features of CCH Online Products.
- Finding Australian Standards (ppt. 3.67MB)
- a powerpoint on using the Australian Standards database.
- Finding newspapers online
- is a powerpoint covering a number of subscription databases that provide access to current and archived press information.
- The Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre
- combines Australia and New Zealand specific magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books. It includes access to the NT News.
- Google Scholar
- searches a range of scholarly and other literature, including journal articles, conference papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports.
- Internet Searching and Evaluation (ppt. 1.70MB)
- is a powerpoint covering how to access and evaluate the web.
- JSTOR
- is a non-profit database providing access to back issues of core academic journals in the humanities, social sciences and sciences.
View the presentation for the session (ppt. 1.28MB).
- Web of Knowledge
- is a combination of Web of Science (search journals and perform cited reference searches) and Current Contents Connect (search journals and web documents, browse journals' tables of contents) as well as Highly Cited (author biographies and bibliographies) and Journal Citation Reports (evaluate and compare journals in the areas of science, technology and social sciences).
View the training presentation (ppt. 2.64MB).
- View e-literate streaming video. See the movie!!!
- This video clip is a useful resource that you may care to view. It is best seen on campus, however if you access to a broadband connection you should be able to view it at home.
- "As we step into the new century, rapidly changing technologies are dramatically reshaping how we live our lives. This is especially true in the classroom and library where technology has transformed the opportunities for learning. Yet a computer and Internet connection alone are not enough. The resulting explosion in new, often unfiltered information requires information literacy skills - skills to define an information need, access information from multiple sources, evaluate information's accuracy and credibility, and use information effectively. People without the computer skills to access information and the critical thinking skills to evaluate it once retrieved will surely be left behind."
- Clip used with permission from University of California Regents: http://newliteracies.gseis.ucla.edu/video/
Referencing
Referencing is a standardised method of acknowledging the sources of information and ideas you have used in an assignment. At the end of your essay, you need to include a list of references or bibliography of materials used in writing the assignment. The most important aspects of using any style are consistency and accuracy. For further information on referencing styles and plagiarism at CDU please refer to Referencing at CDU.
Virtual
tutorials
- CDU Library Virtual Tour
- take a tour of the Casuarina campus library or check out the floor plans
- Level 1 (pdf. 446KB), Level 2 (pdf. 236KB) and Level 3 (pdf. 234KB).
- (Note: You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view pdf files. Get Adobe Acrobat reader.)
- InfoSmart
- is designed to develop your information literacy skills. These skills involve the ability to know when information is required, and how to locate, use, evaluate and present that information.
- MyResearch
- is an information portal for postgraduate research students. It is particularly useful for postgraduate students who are at the beginning of their studies.
- Researching Skills
- is an interactive tutorial is designed to give you skills to find materials (books, journal articles, websites, etc) effectively and efficiently using the library’s resources and the Internet. You will not only learn how to develop search strategies but also to evaluate the information you find and is based on the Information Literacy guidelines produced by the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL).
Other university
tutorials
Studyskills
For help on skills such as reading, writing, managing
time and doing assignments, go to the university's Studyskills site.
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