About identifying and locating material using various information sources specifically using the tools available for finding books and other reading material in the library, finding research articles in electronic databases and searching on the internet etc.

Learning Outcome
After completing this module participant will understand how to:

Describe the access tools available to you for finding information
Using library catalogue to find resources
Select library databases to find journals articles
Identify effective research techniques
Describe the characteristics of internet search engines
Discuss the nature of information found on the internet
Review and manage your search results

Who Should Attend

Students
Researchers
Newly appointed faculty

Information Authenticity and Evaluation

Description

About identifying the source that are reliable and appropriate for the academic or information needs

Learning Outcome
After completing this module participant will understand how to:

Identify why it is important to evaluate information
Identify criteria use for the evaluation of source of information
Apply evaluative criteria to information found across a range of publications type

Who Should Attend

Researchers
PHD and MS students

Research Planning

Description

About planning research so that appropriate information can be found to fulfill research needs

Learning Outcome
After completing this module participant will understand how to:

List strategies for getting started with assignments
Identify key components of an assignment question
Describe assignment planning techniques such as brainstorming and mind mapping
Identify some assignments planning techniques
Construct effective search strategies
Identify potential source of information
Select appropriate sources of information

Who Should Attend

Researchers
PHD and MS students

Digital Resources Presentation and workshops

Description

About referencing and Plagiarism

Learning Outcome
After completing this module participant will understand how to:

Define academic fraud, plagiarism and research misconduct
Describe the use of plagiarism detection prevention software
Identify strategies for good academic note taking, acknowledging your sources
Describe techniques for managing and compiling reference lists and bibliography
Difference between bibliography and referencing
How to design and develop bibliography with easy tools

Who Should Attend

Researchers
PHD and MS students

Induction Session

Description

About the usage of library services and facilities

Learning Outcome
After completing this module participant will understand how to:

How to find the books, journals, newspaper and other reading material from the library catalogue
What kind of services are being offered by the library
What kind of facilities are being provided by the Library
Library Opening/Closing hours
Who is who in the library
Library general rules and regulations

Who Should Attend

New intake students

Paraphrasing and Summarizing

Description

Paraphrasing and summarizing is a way to smoothly integrate the ideas of someone else into your own research. When a writer paraphrases from a source, what he is actually doing is turning the original text into his own words. He's not adding his own opinion, and he's not using the original wording: he's "translating" the original text into his own language, to flow better with his own writing.

Learning Outcome
After completing this module participant will understand how to:

How to prepare yourself for dissertation/research work, report writing/essay etc.
Paraphrasing techniques from avoiding plagiarism
How to conclude your thoughts about the topic
Paraphrasing enables the users to redesign the essential information and ideas expressed by someone else,
How to summarized your thoughts in the research work

Who Should Attend

Researchers
PHD and MS Students

Referencing, Citation and Plagiarism

Description

Rapid advancement in information technologies has revolutionized the role of libraries. Libraries are redesigning services and information products to add value to their services and to satisfy the changing information needs of the user community. Information seekers are no longer satisfied with only printed materials. They want to supplement the printed information with more dynamic electronic resources.

Learning Outcome
After completing this module participant will understand how to:

Find thousands of e-journals in various electronic databases for their research purpose
Find thousands of full text e-books in CIIT E-Library module.
How to search in Free Online/Public Access Journals.
How to get maximum benefit from the digital resources.
How to get a VPN account

Who Should Attend

Researchers
Faculty Member
Students

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