1. Introduction to the Graduate Seminar Hester Moerbeek Coordinator YSS-30803 Graduate Seminar hester.moerbeek@wur.nl

2. Information Literacy for YSS-30803 Graduate Seminar Joke Webbink Information Specialist Social Sciences

3. Information Literacy What does it mean? Searching, finding, evaluating, judging and managing of information Setting up a good search strategy Knowing your information sources, and knowing how to search Judging the content and quality of the information Making citations and reference lists Knowing what plagiarism is and how to avoid it

4. Information Literacy and the Graduate Seminar A mandatory part of the Graduate Seminar It’s a self-study course! When you completed the Information Literacy course you can collect a signature for your Seminar Attendance Report Finish before 5 March 2009

5. Information Literacy Where can you find information? Wageningen Library Catalogue Bibliographic databases (journal articles, book chapters etc.) General databases (Scopus, Web of Science) Subject specific databases (e.g. Communication and Mass Media complete; SocINDEX) Internet by using search engines, e.g. Google, Google Scholar, Scirus,

6. Information Literacy What will you learn? How to use the Virtual (digital) Library Wageningen UR Digital Library Wageningen UR Digital Library Portals : how to start Catalogue : books Databases, bibliographies : articles My Library : your personal library

7. Information Literacy Blackboard Go to http://edu2.web.wur.nl/, log in by using your WUR-account, choose the course ECS52901_2008_3http://edu2.web.wur.nl/ Course information Course modules Module quizzes Extra materials

8. Questions during the Information Literacy Self Study? Send an e-mail to Joke.webbink@wur.nl ECS52901_2008_3 in the subject field

9. Finished the modules and the quizzes? Send an e-mail to Joke.Webbink@wur.nl and Hester.Moerbeek@wur.nlJoke.Webbink@wur.nl Hester.Moerbeek@wur.nl In the subject field ECS52901_2008_3 We will send you a reply when you can collect the signature !

10. Final date!! 5 March 2009 is the deadline!! If you don’t have time now: Next possibility to enroll is in May 2009

11. Before you leave…. Register for information literacy!! Name and accountname: Barack Obama / Obama001

12. Good luck © Wageningen UR