Information literacy best practice

Some new case studies showcasing information literacy best practice across all library and educational sectors in Wales have just been published by the Welsh Information Literacy Project.

They help to underline the importance of information literacy - to find out more have a look at the project website.

Internet Searching Talk

How do search engines work? How can you improve your searches and assess the relevance of the results? Do you want to pick up some basic tips on using search engines?

There is an open talk covering these topics on Wednesday 8th December, 2-3pm, in room 0.01 of the Edward Llwyd Building.

E-book readers display

Information Services have a number of e-book readers in loan stock which can be borrowed (free!) for 14 days at a time. As a trial we are putting one of them on open access in the Hugh Owen Library's Contemporary Fiction Collection - on your left as you come into the library.

We've loaded it with a wide selection of novels, plays, poems and short stories for you to browse at your leisure.

If you like what you see and would like to borrow an e-reader, please contact a member of staff at the Media and Sales desk on Level D for details.

Plagiarism and good academic practice

Note: this is now out-of-date. Please see the updated talk here.

Below you can view the video of a fifteen-minute talk given to Psychology Department undergraduates by Karl Drinkwater on Thursday 30th September 2010. It covers the basics of what plagiarism is and how to avoid it by adopting good academic practice. Subtitles have been added. For more information about plagiarism and good academic practice, see these pages; and here for SafeAssign information.

Finding a book in the library

The information here will help to assist you in finding a book in the Hugh Owen Library.

You can also now watch our new video that gives you a step by step guide to finding the book you need.

Top 10 academic items in CADAIR for September 2010

1. (July #2) Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-Names: A Celtic Companion to the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World (Falileyev, Alexander) (2160/282) PDF MAP
2. (new) Humanitarian Intervention in World Politics (Wheeler, Nicholas) (2160/1925) FULL TEXT
3. (new) Organic farming (Lampkin, Nic H.) (2160/3130) LINK TO PUBLISHER WEB SITE