The Information Consultant team offer a range of Information Literacy training and support both face to face teaching and online through Moodle or these subject guides.
Please contact your Department's Information Consultant if you would like to arrange a workshop or a one-to-one session.
Topics we can cover include
- General introduction to the Library
- Mindmapping and planning your research
- Literature searching
- Citation searching
- Searching specific types of materials e.g. newspapers, theses, government materials, archives
- Getting the most out of Google and exploring other web search engines
- Evaluating Information
- Citing and refencing
- Using bibliographic management software e.g. Refworks
- Keeping up to date with alerts and rss feeds
- Using social media such as facebook & twitter
- Staying safe online
- Bibliometrics
We also provide Information Literacy online via our Subject Guides, tailored for each department.
If you would like to discuss Information Literacy further please contact the Liaison Team (LibraryLiaison@rhul.ac.uk)
