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PROMOTING ONLINE DATABASES INFORMATION
LITERACY EDUCATION FOR POST-GRADUATE
STUDENTS OF MAE FAH LUANG UNIVERSITY
Yanitha Rajchakom
IFLA Workshop
16 Nov.-11 Dec. 2009
Victoria University of Wellington
New Zealand
CONTENTS
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Background
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Objectives
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Outputs
Outcomes
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Teaching aids
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How to teach
 Activities
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Example
MAE FAH LUANG UNIVERSITY
MAE FAH LUANG UNIVERSITY
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Located Chiang Rai, Thailand
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Established on 1998
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Using English as a medium for teaching
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Both Thai and international students (countries of
GMS, Southeast Asia, Korea etc.)
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Offers degree programs of study in 10 schools
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Approximately 10,000 students in 2009
(undergraduate + post-graduate)
VISION
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is a higher-education institution striving for high quality at
international standards.
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excels in various academic areas, creating qualified graduates
and human resources for the country and the region.
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is a source of research with the capability of applying that
knowledge to benefit the society and industrial/business sectors
through cooperation with related agencies.
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retains its national identity through education and development
of the national arts and culture.
SCHOOL
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School of Agro-Industry
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School of Cosmetic Science
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School of Health Science
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School of Information Technology
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School of Law
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School of Liberal Arts
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School of Management
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School of Nursing
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School of Science
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School of Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine
(Only Master’s degree program and Doctoral program)
MASTER’S DEGREE AND DOCTORAL PROGRAM
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18 Master's Degree Programs
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8 Doctoral Programs
LEARNING RESOURCES AND EDUCATIONAL MEDIA CENTER
LIBRARY’S VISION
Being as the excellent center in knowledge and services
with information technology and human driven as well
as with high standard of services are our commitments
in order to serve the university and community.
RESPONSIBILITIES
To serve and support the university’ functions in
teaching, learning, researching, and providing the
eLearning system service. In charge of being the unit
of University archives and to support the community’s
lifelong learning.
ONLINE DATABASES
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Subscribed by MFU and some are subscribed by
Office of the Higher Education Commission and Thai
University consortium
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General Online Databases
H.W. Wilson
ScienceDirect
Academic Search Elite
ProQuest Digital Dissertation
Springerlink (E-Journal)
ONLINE DATABASES
Specifications
Online Databases
ACM Digital Library
ACS, Annual Reviews E-Journal
CINAHL Plus with Full Text, Dermatology e-journal
Education Research Complete
Environment Complete
IEEE/IEL Electronic Library Online
International Financial Statistics Online
ISI Web of Science
ONLINE DATABASES
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E-Book
Computer Science (Elsevier E-Books)
ebrary E-Books
NetLibrary E-Book
Nursing Resoures Center
Springerlink - E-Book
LIBRARY’S PROBLEMS
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Don’t know how to search and evaluate information
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Don’t know information sources
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Using online database at least
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Doesn’t has information literacy course syllabus
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Over-reliant on search engines such as Google
“Promoting Online Databases Information Literacy
Education for Post-graduate Students of
Mae Fah Luang University”
OBJECTIVES
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To introduce, explain and help post-graduate
students to know and understand information sources
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To teach and help post-graduate students to identify,
search, evaluate, and use online databases effectively
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To teach doing an annotated
bibliography/referencing
OUTPUTS
Post-graduate students :
know and understand information sources
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can identify, search, evaluate, and use online
databases effectively
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can do bibliography/referencing correctly
OUTCOMES
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Understand information sources
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Recognize how to identify, search, evaluate, and use
online databases effectively
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Using searching strategies such as Boolean (AND,
OR, NOT), Truncation symbols and wildcards (* $ ! ?
(…) ) and “….” (quotation mark)
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know how to do bibliography/referencing
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Obtain information correctly
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TEACHING AIDS
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Brochures, Pamphlets, CD-Rom, Website
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Demonstration and Training for both
librarians and students
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Orientation
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Teaching and advising by one-to-one,
group-to-group
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Library tour
HOW TO TEACH
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Finding information sources
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giving information (website, Brochures,
Pamphlets)
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selecting appropriate information sources (type
of online databases)
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location information
HOW TO TEACH
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Indentify information need
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type of online databases (general or specific
online databases, E-book or E-journal or thesis
and dissertation)
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identify concept and focus question
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identify topic (keywords, synonyms, related
terms, subject heading)
HOW TO TEACH
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Searching online databases
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basic search / advanced search..etc.
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using Boolean (AND, OR, NOT)
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using truncation symbols and wildcards (* $ ?
! (….)) or quotation mark (“….”)
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printing, save/download, e-mail
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saving for citing
HOW TO TEACH
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Evaluating information
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up-to-date information / source credible
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usefulness
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authority
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accuracy
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objectively/point of view /bias
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Scope/coverage
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audience (ranking, comment)
HOW TO TEACH
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Using online databases
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plagiarism
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citing sources
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copyright
HOW TO TEACH
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Doing bibliography/referencing
 APA
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MFU style (adapted from APA)
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using Endnote
ACTIVITIES FOR LIBRARIAN
Online Databases Information Literacy Education
Program
Training online databases
Objective
To introduce and training librarian to understand
online databases for teaching and explaining to
students
For librarian All librarian in MFU library
timeframes
1.30 hours (14.00-15.30 pm)
period
Every Thursday
Location
Training room, MFU library
Key speaker
Reference librarian, e-mail: [email protected]
Tel. 0-5391-6310
Participant
8 librarian
ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS
Online Databases Information Literacy Education
Program
Introduction Library and e-Resources
Objective
To introduce about library and e-Resources
For students Post-graduate students
timeframes
30 minutes (09.00-09.30 am)
period
Every Monday
Location
Training room, MFU library
Key speaker
Reference librarian, e-mail: [email protected]
Tel. 0-5391-6310
Participant
3-20 students
ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS
Online Databases Information Literacy Education
Program
General online databases searching (Program 1)
Objective
To introduce and teach using general online
database searching such as H.W. Wilson,
ProQuest Digital Dissertation and Academic
Search Elite
For students Post-graduate students
timeframes
1 hour (10.00-11.00 am)
period
Every Tuesday
Location
Training room, MFU library
Key speaker
Reference librarian, e-mail: [email protected]
Tel. 0-5391-6310
Participant
3-20 students
ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS
Online Databases Information Literacy Education
Program
General online databases searching (Program 2)
Objective
To introduce and teach using general online
database searching such as ScienceDirect and
SpringerLink (E-Journal)
For students Post-graduate students
timeframes
1 minutes (10.45-11.45 am)
period
Every Tuesday
Location
Training room, MFU library
Key speaker
Reference librarian, e-mail: [email protected]
Tel. 0-5391-6310
Participant
3-20 students
ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS
Online Databases Information Literacy Education
Program
Science and Technology online databases
searching (Program 1)
Objective
To introduce and teach using science and
technology online database searching such as
Annual Reviews E-Journal, ACM Digital Library,
IEEE/IEL Electronic Library Online
For students Post-graduate students
timeframes
1 hour (09.00-10.00 am)
period
Every Wednesday
Location
Training room, MFU library
Key speaker
Reference librarian, e-mail: [email protected]
Tel. 0-5391-6310
Participant
3-20 students
ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS
Online Databases Information Literacy Education
Program
Science and Technology online databases
searching (Program 2)
Objective
To introduce and teach using science and
technology online database searching such as ISI
WEB Of Science, ACS and Environment Complete
For students Post-graduate students
timeframes
1 hour (10.00-11.00 am)
period
Every Wednesday
Location
Training room, MFU library
Key speaker
Reference librarian, e-mail: [email protected]
Tel. 0-5391-6310
Participant
3-20 students
ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS
Online Databases Information Literacy Education
Program
Health science online databases searching
Objective
To introduce and teach using health science online
database searching such as CINAHL Plus with
Full Text, Dermatology e-Journals
For students Post-graduate students
timeframes
1 hour (09.30-10.30 am)
period
Every Thursday
Location
Training room, MFU library
Key speaker
Reference librarian, e-mail: [email protected]
Tel. 0-5391-6310
Participant
3-20 students
ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS
Online Databases Information Literacy Education
Program
Social science and Humanities online databases
searching
Objective
To introduce and teach using social science and
humanities online database searching such as
Education Research Complete and International
Financial Statistics Online
For students Post-graduate students
timeframes
1 hour (10.00-11.00 am)
period
Every Thursday
Location
Training room, MFU library
Key speaker
Reference librarian, e-mail: [email protected]
Tel. 0-5391-6310
Participant
3-20 students
ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS
Online Databases Information Literacy Education
Program
e-Books online databases searching
Objective
To introduce and teach using e-Books online
database searching such as ebrary E-Books,
NetLibrary E-Books, SpringerLink - E-Books,
Computer Science (Elsevier E-Books) and Nursing
Resoures Center
For students Post-graduate students
timeframes
1 hour (10.00-11.00 am)
period
Every Friday
Location
Training room, MFU library
Key speaker
Reference librarian, e-mail: [email protected]
Tel. 0-5391-6310
Participant
3-20 students
ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS
Online Databases Information Literacy Education
Program
Bibliography/reference format and Endnote
Objective
To introduce and teach doing
bibliography/reference format and Endnote
For students Post-graduate students
timeframes
1 hour (10.00-11.00 am)
period
Every Monday
Location
Training room, MFU library
Key speaker
Reference librarian, e-mail: [email protected]
Tel. 0-5391-6310
Participant
3-20 students
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