Emerging services from Intute Linda Kerr Intute: Science, Engineering and Technology
Introduction What is Intute? New Intute services Pick & mix quick guides Questions
What is Intute? Intute is a national Internet service guiding you to useful Web resources for education and research. It is a free service aimed at the UK’s higher and further education sectors and is relevant to students, lecturers, researchers and teachers. Intute was formerly known as the Resource Discovery Network (RDN).
Network of specialists Four subject groups comprise Intute: Arts and Humanities Health and Life Sciences Science, Engineering and Technology Social Sciences Hand selected, quality assured content – Best of the Web
Network of specialists A consortium of seven universities 70 partner institutions providing subject expertise and advice Created by the community for the community
Intute: Science, Engineering and Technology The University of Manchester Heriot-Watt University Cranfield University Institute of Physics Publishing Royal Society of Chemistry Scenta (Engineering and Technology Board)
Support Internet Training Free support materials Leaflet Quick Guide to Intute Science, Engineering and Technology Presentation Best of the Web booklets in Chemistry, Physics, Computing and Environmental Engineering Welcome to adapt and reuse in your own institution
Integrating Intute into your service There are several ways & you can choose… Pulling in Intute content or functionality into your own webpage Working with staff at Intute to put your resources on our catalogue.
Examples of integrating.. Put Intute search box on your library webpage, eg. for Intute: Engineering resources Librarian could list latest nanotechnology resources added to Intute, on their library webpage
Why integrate Intute? Intute feedback shows that users want… Seamless services To re-purpose content Flexibility and their own “look” Resources automatically updated Reputable services
How can we help? We offer: Intute “pick and mix” Quick Guides Further online help materials Intute helpdesk
Intute Quick Guides: Introduction Contributing resources MyIntute Linking to Intute Newsfeeds Online step-by- step guides with examples and screenshots to help you
More online help here
Contributing Resources See our Quick Guide You suggest resources Fill out Suggest a site form: Assessment by Intute subject specialist and added to catalogue if suitable
Personalise - MyIntute See our Quick Guide Create your own account Save searches, subjects and records Tag records with your own keywords Export data into your web pages Updated automatically
Linking to Intute See our Quick Guide to linking Various ways to link – simple or sophisticated Intute search box - options VLE linking
SET Blog Developing a blog service Discussion on new resources Highlight updates Mini-case studies Articles on web resources Want your views…
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