Information Skills

From Nulisbus

What are Information Skills

People know Information Skills by a variety of names. Information Literacy, Study Skills, Employability Skills - even Library Skills are essentially the same thing. What they all boil down to is the same thing anyway - offering skills to do with planning, searching, gathering, organising, evaluating and exploiting the information around them.

IN:FORM

IN:FORM tells you more about the library and how it can help you. You may have a reading list - IN:FORM will tell you how to get the best out of it and, at the very least, shows you how to find everything on the reading list without much fuss. Even if you DON'T have a reading list, IN:FORM will show you how to find subject information quickly and easily. IN:FORM will show you how to use NUIN and NUINlink - the two catalogues in the library. You'll be shown how best to use internet resources too - like Google and Yahoo! search engines to track down what you need.

Once you've found the sorts of information you need, IN:FORM will show you how to evaluate everything - to cut out the unnecessary in order that what remains is the essential. Also, if you're new to the idea of referencing, you'll find IN:FORM's guide to it invaluable.

Finally, IN:FORM will talk you through the legal side of things - Plagiarism and Copyright - are essential issues to be aware of!

Access IN:FORM here