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Enrich your reading lists with online resources : MyIntute Theresa Summerfield 24th June 2008 The problem? • • • • Too many Web resources Difficult keeping up to date Link checking existing content Assuring quality of resources Why use Intute? • Authoritative • Best of the Web for higher education/academic research • Free • Subject based • By the community for the community More reasons to use Intute • Encourage your students to develop their Internet information literacy skills • Solve the frustrations of searching the Internet • Save time • Current awareness Intute • • • • • • Search Browse Additional services Blogs, RSS feeds, podcasts Projects Personalisation Virtual Training Suite • Over 60 free online Internet training tutorials • Develop Internet search and research skills • Self paced, teach yourself • Quizzes and interactive exercises Virtual Training Suite http://vts.intute.ac.uk Support materials http://www.intute.ac.uk/support.html • • • • • Leaflets Posters Best of the Web guides Presentations Quick guides Subject booklets http://www.intute.ac.uk/subjectbooklets.html Different versions: • Paper • HTML (automatically updated) • PDF (for printing) More uses for MyIntute • Subject booklets http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/booklets/olympics.html http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/booklets/business_tourism.html • Articles http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/limelight/Egyptology%20resources.ht ml http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/limelight/Endangeredlanguages.html http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/limelight/euthanasia.html Examples of Intute integration Womens studies London Met http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/aboutthecollections/intute.cfm Exeter generic http://www.library.ex.ac.uk/intute-i/ Escalate subject network http://escalate.ac.uk/intute Nursing & midwifery http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/nursing/sonet/subjects/intute_search.html Social Sciences http://www.library.mmu.ac.uk/eresource/rbintutesoc.html Leeds law http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/subjects/law/websites.php British Library Eurostudies http://www.bl.uk/collections/social/eudoc.html Thank you! Contact Theresa Summerfield Intute Content Coordinator Tel: 0121 414 3409 Email: [email protected]