1. Library Bites: Tasters of All Things Library

2. iSTART iPROGRESS Ebsco eBooks Reference Management Software

3. iSTART Photo courtesy of http://www.marathonnation.us/tools-tips/

4.  Moodle course which brings together in one place all the basic knowledge we want students to know about the library and the student computing facilities when they START at the University  Available to all students and staff including those with Affiliate Accounts  Access via the new Library Online Courses channel on the Library & IT/Computing and Students/My Learning tabs  Online demo What is iSTART?

5. From Progression to iPROGRESS Progression in Information Skills 2005… Progression for All 2009… Acceptors Portal version 2012… iPROGRESS 2013 Cartoon: by kind permission of Tom Gauld. http://www.tomgauld.com/

6.  Progression in Information Skills redesigned as iPROGRESS to complement the new Library Moodle course iSTART.  Library Catalogue and electronic databases and journals courses transferred to iSTART.  iPROGRESS is skills based and iSTART is a “how to” guide.  New name; Same place – Go to the Portal:  My Learning/Students tab  Library Online Courses channel 2013 changes

7. EBSCOhost Research Databases

8.  Interdisciplinary collections but especially good for Business, Health, Psychology, Education & Humanities  Create a personal account (it’s quick!)  Excellent for creating alerts, saving searches  Creating and sharing your folders  Easy to export to reference managers Why you should use EBSCO

9. Photo courtesy of ©iStockphoto.com/Franck-Boston©iStockphoto.com/Franck-Boston ebooks

10.  Library Catalogue  MyiLibrary MyiLibrary  e-books in Dawsonera  Accessing E-books via the SwetsWise database Accessing E-books via the SwetsWise database  Oxford Scholarship Online E-books Oxford Scholarship Online E-books  Cambridge Books Online Cambridge Books Online  Emerald E-book Series Emerald E-book Series  IEEE/IET Electronic Library IEEE/IET Electronic Library ebooks www.bullpub.com

11. Reference managers

12. Email ahlibrarians@gre.ac.uk for more adviceahlibrarians@gre.ac.uk Why use a reference manager?