We have a variety of online resources available, designed to help students develop their information and digital literacy skills.
These resources can be used in support of your teaching, and you can share links on your module Moodle page. These are great to include during a relevant week for your students to work through independently, or could be highlighted alongside other information such as assignment briefs.
If you think that your students would benefit from a teaching session on one of these topics, please have a look at our workshop menu and contact your Academic Liaison Librarian to discuss your requirements.
Students can access the following self-enrol modules that make up the Information Skills Moodle course:
6. Referencing
These standalone exercises can be linked or embedded within your course.
Academic Skills Audit - This short quiz prompts students to reflect on their academic skills, identify knowledge gaps, and explore next steps for continuing their personal development plan. Embed this exercise at the start of a course, ideally alongside an 'Intro to the Library' session. Copy HTML embed code
Create a search strategy - This exercise goes through the steps for planning a literature search process and forming a search strategy. Copy HTML embed code
Construct AI prompts using the CREATE Framework - This advanced exercise is aimed at students who have already engaged with information skills training, and have met the below learning outcomes:
This exercise introduces the CREATE Framework for constructing AI prompts to support research-related tasks. Copy HTML embed code
A collection of resources put together by your Academic Liaison Librarian. The guides are designed to help students with specific subjects and topics they may want to explore. They provide a great introduction to useful resources for your particular subject or discipline.
Our Skills at Library service includes online learning guides, the 'Information Skills' Moodle course, workshops and training sessions, and one-to-one support. This is highly recommended for all students undertaking assignments or research.
Find your department's style to complete exercises for constructing a book, article, and website reference.
A video introducing advanced search skills. This covers how to develop a search strategy, search tips and techniques such as Boolean and phrase searching, and where students can conduct your searches.
This video provides students with an introduction to the different types of online resources available and how they can be accessed through the Library.
News and media can be great sources for research and study, and this video covers how to find and use these sources. It includes discussions and demonstrations of general news sources; historical news sources; business, economics and financial news; social media; and data about or from media.
This video provides an introduction to reference management software. It covers what reference management software is, what software is available, and what to consider when choosing your software.
This video focuses on how to find statistics for study and research, outlining some of the key places to find reliable data.
A series of three videos providing an overview of OSCOLA referencing. This series covers what OSCOLA is and the general principles behind the system, citing legislation and cases, and citing secondary sources (books and journal articles)
To collaborate with us or to find out more about how we can support you and your students, please contact your Liaison Librarian or complete our teaching request form.
