Graduate Course Award in Research Information Literacy
Formal
Description:
The
Graduate Course Award in Research Information Literacy is a one semester
equivalent course.
Students who complete the course
have demonstrated skill in Information Searching, and in Information
Management. Students are also required to show proficiency in using at least
two Information Technology software packages.
The coursework requires students
complete a minimum of 14 modules in Information Searching, Information Management
and Information Technology. In addition, students must complete an advanced
Literature Review Project that demonstrates proficiency in information literacy
and a Research Sources Consultation.
A checklist for requirements is available
for you to organise your session enrolments
1. Register your intention to begin the Course Award by email:
NOTE: Students need to ensure they have signed the attendance sheet at each
training session attended this year
For Course Requirement D (see
below) you need to:
Contact grad.ilp@anu.edu.au
to arrange an interview time.
Outline of the course:
A. Information Searching
Students must
select at least two of the following 3
courses:
Students will learn how to analyse a topic,
identify keywords, conduct searches using Boolean operators, and limit searches. These skills will be taught
using multidisciplinary databases and electronic journals
Students will learn to select
information sources appropriate to their information needs. They will acquire
skill in evaluating information sources and the information retrieved.
Prerequisites: Search Strategies module or relevant
experience in database searching
Students will be introduced to at least
2 major search engines and will learn to use advanced search techniques. The
importance of critically evaluating web information will be stressed. Students
will be introduced to citation searching on
the Web of Science. Students will also learn how to set up a
current awareness profile.
Prerequisites: Completion of the Search Strategies
course recommended
Attendance at
all 4
courses compulsory
This course will introduce students to
the requirements for completing the Graduate Course Award. Students will also
be introduced to the concept of information literacy and the Australian Information
Literacy standards.
Students will be made aware of the ANU
thesis timeline.
Basic project management and time management
concepts will be introduced and students will have an opportunity to draft
a timeline- plan for their own thesis. Students will also be introduced to the facilities and services
available at the ANU that will help them to successfully complete a research degree.
This seminar aims to give students an
understanding of how the process of organising, focusing and developing a
Literature Review may influence both the information you choose to document
from your readings and how you organise it.
Endnote is a bibliographic management program. It allows users
to create libraries into which they can manually enter or import bibliographic
references. EndNote has over 700 bibliographic styles and users can edit and
create styles. Formatted references can be transferred to Word documents and
a bibliography will be automatically generated. Endnote can interface with
a number of databases and references can be exported from the database into
an EndNote library. This can include an abstract. Students will be made familiar
with all the above by completing EndNote A and B training.Both required unless
doing BibTeX training.
OR
BibTeX is another bibliographic management program. BibTeX
should be the choice for students who will be using LaTeX as their word processing
package. Students will be taught to use BibTeX and how to maintain a reference
list.
Students must
complete the E-Publishing of Theses and Research Papers course and either the 4 Producing Theses in Word or the LaTeX modules and one further
IT course of their choice
This course looks at the Australian Digital Thesis Project and the
E-Prints Repository. Students will learn to convert documents into PDF
format and how to submit work to these web sites. Attendance Compulsory
These 4 modules cover those features of
Word that are useful for working
with long documents such as theses.
Module
A covers Formatting and
Styles. Module B covers using Templates.
Module C looks at Navigating and
Linking. Module D Table of Contents
charts and graphics. Completion compulsory unless students do LaTeX training
OR
These 4 modules cover those features of
LateX that are needed to complete long documents. Module A provides an introduction
to using LaTeX. Module B focuses on
creating lists, figures and tables. Module
C teaches students to create bibliographies and cross references using LaTeX. Module D is on using styles and class files. Completion compulsory
unless students do Word training
These courses are offered as part of the wider Information
Literacy Program: http://ilp.anu.edu.au
Dreamweaver : Taught over 2 sessions
Microsoft Excel :Taught
over 2 sessions
Microsoft Access : Taught over 2 sessions
Microsoft Powerpoint: Taught over 2 sessions
SPSS
: Taught over 2 sessions
Photoshop
: Taught over 2 sessions
Students are required to submit:
1.
A 50 to 100 word
statement of the project
2.
A bibliography
of no less than 50 references with abstracts selected from a variety of sources.
Each reference must include a brief statement of why the reference was selected
and how it will support the project.
3.
A log of sources
used.
4.
A record of search
strategies used.
Students will meet with a librarian for a research consultation.
This will involve an in-depth look at sources specific to the thesis project
| General
Information |
|
| Course Director: | Information
Literacy Program Coordinator (Graduate Students) - Karen Visser |
| Prerequisites: | To
be enrolled for a PhD, an MPhil,
or other doctoral degree. |
| Presenters: | Principal
presenters will be staff from the Information Literacy Program |
| Contact Person: | Karen Visser, Phone 61258279, E-Mail grad.ilp@anu.edu.au |
| Dates: | 14/07/2003 and following |
| Total number of contact hours: | 24.5 contact hours, a minimum of 15 hours
additional work outside of formal classes will be required. |
| Assessment procedures: | Project to be assessed on a pass/fail basis Status may be given where students can demonstrate prior learning. |
| Fee for the course: | No
fee |
| Name of person to sign certificate: | Head of Information Literacy Program (Vic.
Elliott) |