Sharing Of Information Literacy Skills And Reference Management Tools (28th Oct 2021)
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As in previous semesters, the library was invited to share information about the services available to the students of Dr. Diyana Binti Kamarudin. She is a lecturer at the Faculty of Industrial Management. For this semester, Dr. Diyana has applied for 3 sharing sessions to be held for her students. All sessions were held online and presented by Puan Affida Binti Abu Bakar, Senior Librarian of the Education & Research Section.
Session 1:
The session for post-graduate students was held on 25 October 2021, from 8.00 pm - 10.00 pm. The module for this session is Literature Search Strategies. A total of 15 students attended this session which consisted of those who took the subject of Research Methodology (KPC1103). This presentation's content is related to the guide for gaining literacy for the participants' writing and research materials. Before conducting a material search, participants were taught the importance of first determining their topic or field of writing. Knowing the keywords for a topic is extremely helpful when conducting a material search on the library's platform. In addition, participants were also guided on using a reference manager tool that can help them enter reference materials and generate citations and reference lists in Microsoft Word easily.
Session 1:
The session for post-graduate students was held on 25 October 2021, from 8.00 pm - 10.00 pm. The module for this session is Literature Search Strategies. A total of 15 students attended this session which consisted of those who took the subject of Research Methodology (KPC1103). This presentation's content is related to the guide for gaining literacy for the participants' writing and research materials. Before conducting a material search, participants were taught the importance of first determining their topic or field of writing. Knowing the keywords for a topic is extremely helpful when conducting a material search on the library's platform. In addition, participants were also guided on using a reference manager tool that can help them enter reference materials and generate citations and reference lists in Microsoft Word easily.
Session 2:
This session was held on 27 October 2021 and was attended by 50 people. The session is held from 8.00 pm to 10.00 pm. Due to the busy schedules of the students during the day, the session was held in the evening. Information Literacy Skills is the sharing module for this session. The library's collection and facilities were demonstrated to the participants, who were all undergraduate students. In addition, participants were shown how to use the library subscription database's basic search techniques for reference materials. Other than article searches, participants were shown other materials they can use as reference materials, including electronic books that they can access and download. This service is very useful for diversifying reference sources for assignments. Participants were also shown how to use Mendeley during this session in order to encourage them to use the reference manager tool instead of manual methods.
Session 3:
On October 28, 2021, from 2.30 to 4.30 p.m., a sharing session on information literacy skills was held. This session had a total of 60 undergraduates in attendance. For this session, participants were also briefed on uses of searching platforms in libraries such as eFind, eColLIB, eLIB, eExam, UMP-IR and EzProxy.Participants need to know the use of materials for each platform to make it easier for them to search for reference materials that are not only for the subject being taken but also used for other subjects as well. Like the other 2 sessions, participants of this session were also exposed to the use of Mendeley.
All three sessions were completed successfully. Throughout the sessions students are active in providing questions and feedback. Hope all participants can make the best use of the library facilities and successfully complete their assignments.
Written by:
Pn. Affida Abu Bakar, Senior Librarian
Education & Research Section
Pn. Affida Abu Bakar, Senior Librarian
Education & Research Section
Edited by;
Cik Ratna Wilis Haryati Mustapa,
Super Senior Library Assistant
Cik Ratna Wilis Haryati Mustapa,
Super Senior Library Assistant