Embed library skills into your topic

The Library has a suite of resources to develop students’ information literacy skills. 

Students can work through the resources at their own pace and can revisit them as many times as needed. Some resources are short, individual guides. Others are modular and can be embedded as a whole or scaffolded throughout a semester. Our team can advise on which might suit the needs of your students.

Library World: This course introduces students to using information in an academic setting.

Library Quick Bites: A one-stop-shop for all of the Library’s shorter, self-help guides, videos, and worksheets. 

Searching with confidence: This course steps students through the process of searching for academic literature, from identifying keywords and searching databases, to evaluating what they find and how to use it.

Systematic literature searching: This course guides students through the process of engaging with literature, searching systematically for literature, designing a project and comprehensive searches, collecting and managing resources, and reporting the search methodology. Ideal for any students (honours, masters, PhD) and researchers.

Using AI tools for study: This webpage supports development of information and digital literacy skills in the context of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to ensure students are well placed to make effective and appropriate use of tools both during their studies and as they transition into their chosen profession.

Sometimes the best way to develop students’ information literacy skills is during a teaching session within the topic.

To support this, the Library have a suite of lesson plans and activities that academics and tutors can deliver. Some are short activities, others are longer workshops. We can work with staff to meet your requirements or develop something new.

If helpful, we can provide training to tutors and other teaching staff on how to deliver information literacy instruction to their students.

After students engage with the resources we can embed in FLO, they may still have some questions about their research. The Library can set up Q&A sessions to answer their questions face-to-face, online through Teams, or using a discussion forum on FLO.

In collaboration with topic coordinators, we can also help develop assessments for students that focus on information literacy skills. Linking information literacy instruction directly to assessment is a great way to help get the message across to students.

We can also assist topic coordinators to explore the 'hidden curriculum' of assessment pieces, to help identify information literacy concepts and skills that students require to successfully complete their tasks. 

We have also designed assessments to complement our other online resources, where topic co-ordinators want to further assess their students understanding of our content.

Students who are seeking further assistance with search skills, ranging from assignment searching to systematic style reviews, can attend a drop-in session to get customised support. No bookings are required.