Information Literacy

Viikki Campus Library serves all who need information of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Agriculture and Forestry, Pharmacy or Veterinary Medicine.

Street address
Viikinkaari 11 A (P.O.Box 62)
FIN-00014 University of Helsinki

Service telephone
+358 9 191 58040

Renew your loans and make reservations online

Opening hours

Mon - Fri 8 - 20
customer service 9 - 20
Sat 10 - 16
Exceptions to the normal opening hours

Training Schedules

In-class courses: Spring 2012

Registration

Students: WebOodi
RefWorks code 98510
Information Resources on the Web code 98511

Others: E-lomake

Courses in other campus libraries

About Courses

The course will be held if there are at least four participants.
The registration ends 2 days before the course starts.
Please, remember to cancel your registration if you can’t participate in the course by emailing to kouluttaja-lista[at]helsinki.fi.

An information retrieval course for postgraduated students: EXPAND YOUR INFORMATION SKILLS: INFORMATION LITERACY FOR DOCTORAL STUDENTS (1 ECTS) - More information
Staff and students of the Viikki Campus can also make
- an appointment for a personal tutoring session.
- form a group and request for information retrieval education on a subject of their choice.

For further information, please contact kouluttaja-lista[at]helsinki.fi or the teachers.

Information Resources on the Web, 2x45min.
Target group	The course suits well needs of students making their Bachelor's or Master's seminar. It suits also needs of everybody who wants to update information literacy skills.
Preceding studies	You know the basics of using the computer.
Aim	The main focus is in the web information resources of the following subject areas: pharmacy, veterinary medicine, forestry, agriculture, biosciences, and environmental sciences. You will learn to find books and articles about a specific subject, e.g. for writing an essay; you will be able to define suitable search terms, perform a search in a database and evaluate the retrieved data.
Content	A general picture of available information resources and information retrieval Nelli Portal Library catalogues Electronic journals Reference databases e.g. Web of Science, ProQuest, Medline, Scopus Help how to identify and use relevant information resources
Learning material	Exercises during the lesson Nelli portal Learning material for information seeking
Implementation and methods	Training takes place in computer classroom.

RefWorks - Reference Management Software, 2x45 min.
Target group	The course suits well needs of students starting their Bachelor's or Master's seminar.
Preceding studies	You have experience of using databases. If you don't have basic information retrieval skills, you should attend the course Information Resources on the Web.
Content	RefWorks is a Web-based bibliography manager. In the course we will learn the basic functions of Refworks import references from reference databases and electronic journals create own personal database use references in writing papers and automatically format the paper and the bibliography
Learning material	Refworks quide Exercises during the lesson Nelli portal Additional information
Implementation and methods	Training takes place in computer classroom.

Advanced Information Retrieval, 2 hours

The course is for those who already have basic information retrieval skills. The content of the course depends on the specific information needs of the participants. The following topics will be covered

advanced retrieval techniques in reference databases, such as Web of Science, CAB Abstracts, Medline
alert services

The main focus is in the information resources of the following subject areas: pharmacy, veterinary medicine, forestry, agriculture, biosciences, and environmental sciences.

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