Course: East Midlands Information Skills Group

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	East Midlands Information Skills Group (EMIS) Information & News Welcome to EMIS! Current Chair: Lynne Spicer, Learning Resources Team Leader, Loughborough College Current Co-Chair: Lesley John, Learning Resources Manager, South Leicestershire College Aims of EMIS Word document Terms of Reference Word document Agendas and Minutes of Meetings file Presentations - Spreading the Word! file Logo Consultation Resource Adding documents to Moodle Word document Evaluation Forms file EMIS Forum e-Resource subscriptions in the East Midlands Excel spreadsheet

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2	Referencing and Citations Michelle Spowage's e-Citation Guidelines Word document e-Citation document discussion Forum Harvard Guide (Leicester) PDF document How to Compile a Bibliography using the Harvard Method - (Loughborough College) Powerpoint presentation A Quiz on Compiling a Bibliography using the Harvard Referencing System - (Loughborough College) file Writing a Bibliography using the Harvard Referencing Method - (Loughborough College) Word document

3	Electronic Resources Search Strategies Electronic Search Strategies discussion Forum Wikipedia Powerpoint presentation

4	Non-Electronic Resources Search Strategies Choosing Printed Sources Powerpoint presentation Non Electronic resources Wiki

5	Library Search Strategies Library Search Strategies discussion Forum Library Search Strategies Powerpoint presentation Understanding the LRC Classification System (originally library search startegies)- (Loughborough College) Powerpoint presentation Dewey Guide - Bilborough College Powerpoint presentation Using Dewey Decimal Classification - Music (Northampton College) Powerpoint presentation Using Dewey Decimal Classification - Health (Northampton College) Powerpoint presentation Using Dewey Decimal Classification - Performing Arts (Northampton College) Powerpoint presentation

6	Internet Search Strategies How can I improve my internet searching techniques? Word document Evaluating Websites Word document Virtual Training Suite file Search Tips and Techniques (West Notts College) Word document How to be an Internet Detective Powerpoint presentation Advanced Internet Searching Skills Powerpoint presentation Critical thinking (Intute) file Search Engines and Gateways - what is the difference (South Leicestershire College) Word document Internet Search Tips (South Leicestershire College) Word document

7	Subject Specific Resources Public Services Timeline - New College Nottingham Powerpoint presentation

8	Induction and Information Skills delivery Please add any information, comments or links relating to Induction and/or the delivery of information skills sessions within your organisation. Suggestions for information skills activities Wiki Interactive Induction - West Notts College Word document Northampton College: embedding information skills into the curriculum file Integrating IS at Northampton College Powerpoint presentation Session Plan for Level 2/3 (West Notts College) Word document Session Plan for Level 4/5 (West Notts College) Word document Induction Worksheet file Link to materials from the joint RSC EM/WM webinar on induction file

9	Making Resources Interactive These links are to the LSN website. Each page contains examples of interactive resources as well as guides on how to create them... Making Word Interactive file Making Powerpoint Interactive file Making Excel Interactive file Below is a link to a course page on Derby College Moodle about making Hot Potatoes quizzes, which was put together by a member of the ILT team. You can enter the course as a guest, using 'ILT' as the enrolment key. Hot Potatoes Quizzes - Resources and Examples file Creating a Hot Potatoes JQuiz & Uploading it onto Moodle Word document Below are guidelines from Northampton College on how to make Word document interactive: Dropdown boxes in Word Word document Missing blank in Word Word document Basic quiz template Word document

10	Resources, papers and links Information literacy: challenges of implementation file Impact of information literacy and ICT literacy file The Information Literacy website for the UK file Information Literacy Research - Untangling Spaghetti? file University of Birmingham - Re-usable Information Skills file Teachers' Conceptions of Information Literacy in Relation to their Classroom Practice file Journal of Information Literacy file Information Literacy Skills Project - Glasgow Caledonian University file Italics e-journal - Jan 2006 Volume 5 Issue 1 file BISSTO - Bolton Interactive Study Skills Tutorial Online file Scottish Information Literacy Project file Link to presentations from the 2007 LILAC (Information Literacy) Conference file IS project University of Greenwich Powerpoint presentation Introduction to I-Skills & I-Skills self evaluation Powerpoint presentation LTS Scotland: information literacy resources file Web literacy video from Teachers TV file Techdis Website - accessibility tools file Peterborough Regional College: Making information retrieval sessions "wicked" file Northampton College: Embedding information skills into the curriculum file University of West of England: iskillzone file

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