Getting startedhttp:// unihub.mdx.ac.uk / study / library

In this workshop we will look at..

• What we do

• What we have

• Why we have them

• Searching for info…top tips

• Good info….bad info

• Reading lists

What we have

Materials Room @ Hendon

http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/specialcolls

Evaluating informationImagine you are writing an essay on Robots

Have a look at the 4 items that you have been given and consider the following:

• Which item is the most relevant to your essay?

• Which item would be no use?

• Which item has the most academic authority?

• Are any of the items biased?

• Which item is the most current?

• Authority

• Relevance

• Intent

• Objectivity

• Currency

Evaluating information

Thinking about keywords

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rossjamesparker/89414788/

Searching resourceshttp://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/study/library

myUniHub > My Study > My Library

Library Subject Guideshttp://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/pde

Reading Lists http://readinglists.mdx.ac.uk

Keeping in touch• Librarian Blog http://satlibrarian.blogspot.com

• Librarian Twitter http://twitter.com/SATlibrarian

• LR Facebook Learning Resources Middlesex University

• LR Twitter http://twitter.com/LRMDX

Coming up……

• Hands on exploration of our collections

• Searching for information

Need further help?

Your Librarians are :

Adam Edwards a.edwards@mdx.ac.uk

Vanessa Hill v.hill@mdx.ac.uk

Ask a Librarian http://askalibrarian.mdx.ac.uk/