Information Skills Showcase
From this page, you can try out demo versions of a small selection of our tutorials.
Most of our full tutorials include self-test quizzes, often with instant feedback. Some are generic, and others we develop in collaboration with departments for specific subjects. A mindmap of the full range can be seen here: Information Skills mindmap
Click on the icons below to sample our materials, being aware that these are not the full versions, but just a taster:
Tutorials
Producing a Literature Review
Seven steps to producing a literature review.
Using the Internet for Politics
Using the Internet for Politics tutorial, adapted with permission from the Internet for Government and Politics tutorial from the Intute: Virtual Training Suite.
Harvard Referencing
See part of our Harvard referencing tutorial for Archaeology students.
Subject-based tutorial for Law
See part of one of our subject-specific Information Skills tutorials, developed for the Law department on using legal databases.
IEEE Referencing for Engineering
Guide to using the IEEE style of referencing for the Faculty of Engineering.
. EndNote
See part of our Flash-based walk-through on using EndNote XI.
Library Subject Guides
Library Resources for Law
See an example of our 'Library Resources for...' library subject guides.
Quizzes
Drag and drop quiz
Flash-based drag and drop quiz on forms of cheating.
Multiple choice quiz
Flash-based multiple choice quiz on plagiarism.
Mixed format quiz
Flash-based quiz on using the library catalogue
Drag and drop exercise
Flash-based drag and drop referencing exercise, based on the MHRA style.
Multiple choice quiz
Flash-based multiple choice quiz on boolean logic.