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Information Literacy

Join us next week for Student Hub Live!

Join us for the Student Hub Live (re)Freshers event, on Tuesday and Wednesday next week.

Fri, 27/01/2017 - 09:36

Can you believe it?

Part of the Student Hub Live Freshers’ Fair, this session will explore how the Library can help you access trusted content, and provide tools to evaluate the information you find online.

Thu, 26/01/2017 - 12:25

Facebook Live events

Recordings from live, interactive training events or question and answer events run on Facebook Live.

Tue, 10/01/2017 - 15:30

An OpenTree adventure

OpenTree was a website encouraging students to engage with library resources

Fri, 24/07/2015 - 11:51

Finding resources for your assignment

A quick guide to finding information for your assignment, including planning a search, evaluating resources and managing information.

Thu, 25/06/2015 - 15:45

Advanced evaluation

Advanced guidance on evaluating resources for quality and relevance, including a more detailed explanation of PROMPT criteria.

Tue, 18/11/2014 - 13:46

Advanced searching

Advice on literature searching at post graduate level, with a printable downloadable checklist explaining a range of higher level search techniques with examples.

Tue, 18/11/2014 - 12:36

Being digital: developing essential skills for study, work and life online

Bob discovers "Being digital", a collection of short interactive activities which help him develop essential skills for study, work and life online.

Tue, 27/08/2013 - 10:08

Being digital

Being digital is a collection of short, easy-to-follow activities on finding, using and creating information online, developed by Library Services.

Thu, 22/11/2012 - 16:11

Explore Business and Management

A short video will introduce you to our Selected resources for your study pages.

Tue, 20/03/2012 - 14:46

Digital and information literacy

Library Services provides a range of support for qualification/module teams and tutors in developing their students' digital and information literacy skills.

Fri, 19/08/2011 - 13:40

Services for students

Through the library OU students can access a large collection of online resources, advice and guidance, and information on referencing.

Mon, 18/04/2011 - 15:39

Information skills for researchers

Advice and guidance to help postgraduate researchers use information resources effectively in their research.

Tue, 15/03/2011 - 16:36

Digital and information literacy for students

Library Services provides high quality online learning materials to help students develop digital and information literacy skills.

Tue, 15/03/2011 - 16:36

Library transcripts

Links to transcripts for every video produced by the OU Library.

Tue, 15/03/2011 - 16:36

Referencing and plagiarism

Referencing is an important part of academic work. It gives credit to the sources of information that you have used to write your work, and it provides your reader with enough information to locate the sources you have used.

Thu, 10/03/2011 - 14:06