Information Literacy
The Library & Learning Centre aims to support Kangan Institute students with strategies and resources to promote and develop their learning through information literacy training sessions. Information literacy is an essential element of successful learning and students who are information literate are better prepared to collect and evaluate appropriate information to assist in their study and research.
The Library & Learning Centre offers a variety of training sessions to assist students in their study.
LLC staff are happy to accommodate bookings for one or a combination of training sessions. We are happy to work with you to tailor a session specific to your needs.
For bookings please contact the appropriate campus Library & Learning Centre.
Basic Orientation Tour:
An introduction to the Library & Learning Centre
- Walk around LLC
- General LLC information - loans, returns, information services
- Facilities - computers, printing, adding money to your account, photocopiers, scanners, room bookings, av equipment bookings
- Collections - non-fiction, magazines, audio visual, graphic novels, reference
- Activate computer accounts
- Activate email accounts
- Activate WindowsLive account
Duration: 15 - 60 minutes
Catalogue Training:
An overview of the LLC catalogue and its functions
- Demonstration on how to search resources - keyword and browse
- Checking the record
- Checking your borrower record online
- Renewing your items online
- Placing holds online
- Quiz (optional)
Duration: 30 - 45 minutes
Research Skills
Outlines the steps involved in researching an assignment
- Powerpoint presentation
- Brainstorming the topic
- Identify keywords
- Evaluate the most appropriate resources - online/written
- Referencing and bibliographies
- Demonstration of RefWorks
Duration: 60 minutes
Online Resources:
An overview of LLC databases and online resources
- Powepoint presentation
- Demonstration of relevant online databases and online resources
- Appropriate search strategies, citing, saving, printing and emailing documents
- Written exercises (optional)
Duration: 60 minutes
