Course: Information Searching Skills

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About the course

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- This is a self-study course for familiarising yourself with library services, teaching you how to find relevant information for your studies and avoid plagiarism.
- Announcements Forum
General introduction to library services and resources
Learn about TalTech library’s opening hours, equipment, arrangement of collections and self-services like printing, copying and scanning. Look how to register as a library user, how to find books from the open stack, how to borrow, renew and return loans.
- Overview of TalTech library services File
  
  5.2 MB PDF document
Finding information
Learn how to find books, journals, articles and more, how to effectively use the library's search portal PRIMO, Estonian online catalogue ESTER, and the digital repository.
Citing and managing references
Learn what plagiarism is and how to avoid it. Find information about different citation styles, in-text citations and how to cite indirect sources. Discover how Zotero can help you to collect, organize, cite, and share research.
Quizzes
Test your new knowledge by taking a quiz!
- Finding library resources Quiz
- Is it plagiarism? Quiz
- Questions about the course Forum
  
  If you run into problems during finding relevant information for your studies or citing sources, enter your question here.