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Information Skills eTutorials: Resource of the week #27

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What is it?
The Information Skills etutorials are a range of online tutorials to help you to develop your information skills and learn how to find the right information you need more effectively. This series of etutorials are written by the staff at the Health Library.

Key Features
The Information Skills etutorials include:
  • An easy-to-read layout
  • Interactive elements
  • Multi-media elements
  • Printable results
  • Are short


Screen-shot of the etutorial Check Your Skills

Complete the etutorial Check Your Skills to find out what your searching skills are and how you can improve them.

How can it help you?
Our etutorials give you an opportunity to develop and learn in your own time. Developing your Information Skills will help you to find good quality information for your studies and work more effectively.

How to access it?
Our etutorials are freely available online.

Video
Watch this video for an overview of the skills that will help you to find information effectivley



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