The Information Literacy Programme aims to educate and assist users to effectively utilize all facilities, services and information sources offered by the library.
This programme is divided into 3 categories:
- Library Orientation Sessions
- New postgraduate students
- New undergraduate students
- Scheduled Classes
- Tuesday Class
- Program E-Resources Awareness: Your FYP Preparation
- Information Skills Class (Bachelor/Diploma/Foundation Studies)
- Online Database Training by Publishers
- Classes on Request
- Min 5/group – physical class
- Min 3/group – online class
Applications can be made via the Request Form below:
Information Literacy Programme Request Form
Modules offered:
- Introduction to the Library
- To introduce various types of library collections, services and facilities to cater the information needs
- Online Public Access Catalogue (KOHA WebOPAC)
- To guide users on how to search printed and non-printed materials in the library collection
- To learn on how to check patron record
- To learn on how to perform online reservation and renewal
- Information Search Strategy
- To educate users on how to apply the strategic searching skills effectively
- To explore various information sources provided by Library and others
- To critically evaluate information and its sources
- Online Databases
- To learn on how to search for information using online databases subscribed by UPM
- Mendeley : Basic
- To learn on how to use Mendeley in organizing and managing citations and references
- Turnitin (Instructors & Students)
- To learn on how to use Turnitin in order to check the paper authenticity
- To avoid plagiarism among UPM community
- Citation Indexed Journal (CIJ)
- To check the journal status indexed in Scopus, Journal Citation reports (JCR) and Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA)
- To identify the journal rankings and metrics
- To learn on how to use journal finder for searching suitable journal
Updated:: 22/05/2023 [khairul_zul]
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