Discovering what information is available
Every university or college course presents an opportunity for you to develop information literacy in an electronic environment. You need information to complete your assignments and projects and a broad range of electronic information resources is available to you. Some of these are simply discovery tools. These are useful because they find information sources in both print and electronic form, allowing you to identify the best source rather than only those that are available electronically.
Discovery tools available to you include your university library catalogue and a range of electronic abstract and index (A&I) databases. A&I databases are powerful tools that allow you to search for articles by specifying various criteria, including: subject, author, journal title, or publication year.
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