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2000, 2001, 2006, 2010, commissioned by Intute, funded by JISC.
The web-based tutorial, which teaches internet research skills, is in its fourth edition (2010). Anne Donnelly is the current author, Robin Rice is the original author, both from the Data Library.
The tutorial has four main sections:
- Tour - focuses on the academic information landscape on the Internet to give students a mental map of the key scholarly sources for their subject.
- Discover - offers guidance on how to find scholarly information online, choosing the right search tool, and developing a search strategy
- Judge - discusses how critical thinking can improve the quality of online research and provides guidance on judging Internet resources.
- Success - gives practical examples of students using the Internet for research - successfully and unsuccessfully.
Students can use the tutorial for self-directed, learning, and lecturers and librarians can list it as a resource in course handbooks, Virtual Learning Environments such as WebCT and websites to support courses in research methods, information literacy and study skills.
This is just one of over 60 tutorials in the Virtual Training Suite, a national service authored by UK lecturers and librarians, managed by Intute, based at the University of Manchester.
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This article was published on Sep 20, 2010