Undergraduate students
Science IRIS
Science IRIS is a compulsory, zero points unit for all 1st year Science students in the Faculties of Natural and Agricultural Sciences and Life and Physical Sciences. Science IRIS is an introductory program that will provide students with a foundation in generic library research skills so that they can locate, evaluate, and effectively use information.
After completing Science IRIS students will be able to:
- Define an assessment topic so that they can recognise a need for information and determine the nature and extent of the information required.
- Find and select resources effectively and efficiently.
- Evaluate resources, critically evaluate information and the information seeking process.
- Organise, manage and present information.
Information Literacy Sessions
The Science Library offers individual classes for all units. These are tailored to the specific requirements of unit coordinators and can be conducted in a variety of formats. They can range from a short presentation as part of a normal lecture, hands on library session, or a session in tutorials.
Intended outcomes for undergraduate students:
- be able to plan their research and create search strategies
- be aware how to locate bibliographic databases appropriate for their topic
- be able to identify how much information they need and in what format
- be able to critically assess primary and secondary sources available.
- be able to locate indexed references.
- aware of types of sources they should use to locate information
- be able to cite their references.
Contact the Librarians in the Science Library if you would like to include an information literacy skills component in any of your units.
Honours and Postgraduate Students
Students are familiarized with a range of tools used by researchers in conducting a literature review, keeping up to date with research and following threads in research.
Intended outcomes for students:
- be aware of sources of information
- be able to use Current Contents and other current awareness sources
- be aware of the purpose of, and able to use, a citation index
- be able to evaluate gathered information and revise the initial query
- be aware of ongoing new developments in the area of information access
Endnote training
Students are introduced to Endnote software and learn how to create and maintain an EndNote library.
Students will:
- know how to add in references manually
- learn how to import entries from databases and catalogues
- be aware of the various citation styles and their use
- understand the basic functions and parts of EndNote
- know how to sort, display and edit the records in personal libraries
- know how to export data to Word documents
Sign up Sessions
The Librarians in Science offer a number of sign up sessions throughout the year including:
- How to find journal articles
- Harvard Referencing
- APA Referencing
- Alerting Services
