1. Information Literacy Training
Darlington Musemburi

2. Course Objectives
This course is designed to fulfill the following objectives:
To introduce the concept of information literacy and equip students with skills that enhance their lifelong learning capabilities.
Enable students to effectively use information in different formats
To understand the legal and ethical issues surrounding the use of information.
To equip students with information retrieval skills

3. Course Overview Online Public Access Catalogue
TSIME (Towards a Student-centred Interactive Multimedia Education)
Accessing e-resources
E-journals
E-books
Past Exam Database
Access tools and Information retrieval
Evaluation of information
Plagiarism, Reference and Citation

4. How do I search for books/information resources in the UZ Libraries ?

5. UZ Online Public Access Catalogue
What is OPAC? It is an online database of all of the resources held in the library. You can search OPAC to locate books in the library. It lists the number of the items, whether they are in the library or out on loan, and their call number. The library catalogue should be your first port of call when researching as it will let you know what relevant resources the library holds.

6. How to access the UZ Online Public Access Catalogue
Go to library.uz.ac.zw
Click on Catalogue

7. Search options available
Select the search option that you want to use e.g. author
Key in the author’s surname
Then press enter on the keyboard or click Go

9. Advantages of using OPAC
it is specific i.e. shows the actual location of the item
it shows the status of the book (is it available or not)
it is fast and efficient
no geographical boundaries (remote access)
It enables you to limit your search to a particular section of the library