After attending any five courses on information search skills, participants will be granted a Library Information Literacy Certificate by the Library.  Students, in groups of ten or more, can request library courses to suit their information needs and schedules.  For detailed information, please contact the staff at the Reference Counter.

VENUE: User Education Room 1, G/F University Library

PROGRAMMES:

Programme 1: Library Orientation
Topics covered include library services and resources, your borrowing privileges, how to renew and place holds on library materials in the Library Catalogue, and a library tour.

Programme 2: Advanced Library Catalogue Searching
Demonstrates the advanced techniques for searching the CUHK Library Catalogue.  Topics covered include the use of operators, field-specific searches, types of materials, HKALL, etc.

Programme 3: E-books
Demonstrates how to locate Library's ebooks across various subject areas.

Programme 4: Electronic Resources on Specific Subjects
Includes business, Chinese language and literature, social science, education, and humanities.

Programme 5: Free Information on the Web
Demonstrates the use of search engines to locate free information on the Web.

Programme 6: Searching Theses and Dissertations
Introduces and demonstrates the use of databases on dissertations such as ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, Digital Dissertation Consortium, Dissertations and Theses @ CUHK, WanFang Data - Chinese Dissertations Database, as well as locating theses and dissertations in academic libraries in Hong Kong.

Programme 7: Document Information Sources with RefWorks
Demonstrates how to use RefWorks, a web-based bibliography and database manager, to produce bibliographies and in-text references in a variety of citation styles (e.g. MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.).  Topics covered include setting up a RefWorks Account, creating folders, importing references from databases, creating a bibliography in a variety of formats/styles, and using Write-N-Cite to create in-text references.

Please visit the Library's web page for detailed information and registration.