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Information Skills

Avondale Library is committed to developing education and training programs to equip students and staff with the skills for lifelong learning.

The Australian and New Zealand Information Literacy Framework: Principles; Standards and Practice identifies six core standards in the process of acquiring, understanding and applying information literacy skills.
The six core standards are:
  • recognising the need for information and determining the nature and extent of the information needed

  • finding the needed information effectively and efficiently

  • critically evaluating information and the information seeking process

  • managing the information collected or generated

  • applying prior and new information to construct new concepts or create new understandings

  • using the information with understanding and acknowledging cultural, ethical, economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information


    • Based on these principles, Avondale Library offers:
  • Library orientation tours

  • Individual and group training sessions, on topics such as

    • Library system familiarisation
    Internet research skills
    Database searching
    Catalogue searching
    EndNote training
  • Online tutorials in EndNote (link) and Information Skills (link)

  • Curriculum specific research skills classes

  • Individual tutoring for help with essay and assignment writing

  • Unit Guides

    • Please Note:
    Each Unit Guide contains information on searching for books and serials, useful subject headings, databases, websites and referencing
  • Study hints and tips

    • Information Skills Workshops and Training Schedule, Semester 2, 2008

    Please contact the Library or visit the Information Desk for details.