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 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.
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.