Info Scholar Trial

This Semester 2009, QUT Library has been trialling an information skills program called Info Scholar. There are five Australian universities involved in the Info Scholar trial, Curtin University of Technology, University of South Australia, RMIT, University of Technology Sydney and QUT.

Trial cohorts at QUT are the following:-

Faculty of Education/ Early Childhood Bachelor of Education Research Pathways (EDB410)

Coord/academic: Beryl Exley

Librarian: Gilian Harrison

Faculty of Business/ Master of Business Administration (MBA) (GS85)

Coord/academic: Dr Amanda Gudmundsson

Librarian: Maria Thompson

Faculty of Health/ Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology (PY20) & Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Honours Psychology) (PY09)

Coord/academic: Renata Meuter

Librarian: Ann-Maree Graham

Access to Info Scholar is via Blackboard, at the Community site link.

This online resource will assist students in developing advanced information retrieval skills which will be invaluable to them in their studies. The modules cover the following topics:

■Identifying information sources
■Planning a search strategy
■Searching catalogues
■Searching databases
■Tracking research
■Searching the internet
■Evaluating information
■Keeping up-to-date
■Managing information
■Writing and publishing
■Citing sources

Feedback on the access, design, content and usefulness of Info Scholar in the research process is being obtained as part of the evaluation process of the Program.