Introduction to the Graduate Seminar Hester Moerbeek Coordinator Graduate Seminar

Introduction to Information Literacy Joke Webbink Information Specialist Social Sciences

Information Literacy This introduction is meant for Graduate Seminar Maks Students

Information Literacy and Graduate Seminar (and MAKS) The Information Literacy course is a compulsory part of the Graduate Seminar (YSS 30803) Maks students are advised to do this course

What is Information Literacy? The ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively use that information for the issue or problem at hand.

Information Literacy Information explosion –Written –Electronic (Internet) Information overload

Information Explosion –Written

Information Explosion –Electronic

Information overload

Information overload

The Web and The Library

The Library and The Web Library Selection Organized Permanent Access free Comprehensive Complicated WWW No selection Less organized Not permanent Access ??? Not comprehensive Easy

Desktop library Wageningen UR Desktop Library

Overload in the desktop library? Where to start to find articles? Electronic journals? Catalogue? Bibliographies? Current research?

Bibliographies General versus subject oriented Level can be different: scientific/ professional Different search platforms: WebSpirs, CSA, WoS, Scopus…... Overlap and additional

Finding information What: Type of information, subject definition Where: Library & the Web How:Search strategy

Good search Finding the focus Limitation: period, language, region identifying key concepts finding search terms (keywords)

What will you learn? Information sources How to search efficiently effectively basic search strategies In different databases

What will you learn Evaluating Referring, citing, quoting –literature lists –plagiarism

Learning method Study the Blackboard modules Do the quizzes For questions: to

Working in BlackBoard How does it look like? What can you do? What must you do? –Modules –Learning units: quizzes Your own responsibility……

When you have already done (some of) the modules - Modules are updated -Quizzes - Information Literacy YES Academic Master Cluster (Environmental Sciences)

How to get there? –ECS52901_2006_2 OR –Go to Eduweb –Your courses –ECS52901_2006_2

Questions? Send an to Joke Webbink, Leeuwenborch library, room 040

Graduate Seminar Students who have Finished?! - send an to and Important: subject of the IL period 3 - after two weeks you can collect a signature from Hester Moerbeek, Leeuwenborch, room 2059

Maks Students who have Finished?! - send an to and to Important: subject of the IL period 3

Where can you find me? Joke Webbink Room 040 Leeuwenborch library

The library website is renewed And in January it will look like this:

Before you leave… Sign the registration list !!

Physical and Virtual Library