LILO: Learning Information Literacy Online @UH
LILO is a tutorial developed by librarians and writing instructors from across the UH system that helps students develop college level research skills in six interactive modules: The Research Process, Understanding Your Assignment, Search Strategies, Searching, Evaluating Resources, and Using Resources. It includes an assignment calculator and an online journal.
Hawaii
Voyager: Step by Step Tutorial to Find Books
For more in-depth practice searching the UH Voyager online
catalog try this tutorial from Windward Community College.
How to Use Journal
Article Indexes & Databases
A
tutorial from UH Manoa (requires Shockwave for Flash and
Director) that helps you learn skills in using indexes and
databases to find periodical (journal) articles for academic
research.
The
World Wide Web Tutorial
This animated tutorial was recently developed at UH Manoa
to help students learn how to find and evaluate information
on the web. Check this out if you want to become a savvy
Web searcher. (Requires Shockwave for Flash and Director.)
Evaluating Information Resources
A
tutorial from Purdue University that focuses specifically on evaluating resources, teaching you to
analyze the accuracy, authority, objectivity, currency, and coverage of sources of information.
Citing
Sources
If you need to learn about citation styles, try this tutorial from the
University of Minnesota and make sure you know how to cite your sources correctly.
CSU Information Competence Tutorials
These 9 tutorials from Cal Poly State provide instruction and exercises on locating, retrieving, evaluating, organizing,
and communicating information. There is also a module on the ethical, legal, and social issues surrounding
information and information technology. (Some modules require Shockwave.)
TILT:
(Texas Information Literacy Tutorial)
This entertaining interactive site from the University of
Texas emphasizes the critical thinking skills used in finding
and evaluating information.
Ho'okele:
University of Hawaii Research Skills Tutorial
This
site, developed by the distance education librarians in
the UH system, offers short interactive lessons in basic
research skills: how to find books in the Voyager catalog,
how to locate journal and magazine articles in indexes/databases,
how to develop efficient search strategies and how to evaluate
information to insure its accuracy and reliability.
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