Tutorial Information Literacy: 2009-2010

The world is shaken by information overkill. As a student, it is not always easy to find your way to the information you're looking for. By offering this tutorial we want you to learn to deal with all aspects of information with regard to your paper, presentation, etc.
These skills are not only useful in relation to your career as a student, but also on the long term for your job career.
For the moment, we offer a translation in English of the summaries of each Section. For a fully elaborated tutorial, please visit the Information Literacy Tutorial of the American University Library.

Sections
Section 1 - Why isn't Google good enough? In this section you discover the different types of information sources and learn to know when to use them.
Section 2 - How do I make a good query? In this section you learn to focus on a thesis, detect keywords, define search terms and combine them with each other.
Section 3 - How do I search in the LIBIS-catalogue? In this section you learn how to retrieve books and serials in the LIBIS-catalogue and how to find them in the library or on the Internet.
Section 4 - How do I search in databases? In this section your learn to retrieve good search results and how to find the references in the library or on the Internet.
Section 5 - How reliable is the information I found? In this section you learn which criteria you can use to evaluate the reliability of a given publication.
Section 6 - How do I use information in a correct way? In this section you learn when and how you have to cite references.

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