Sequence: Web Opac Advanced

Sequence Information
Sequence: Web Opac Advanced
Description:
Basic Description
The purpose of this LAMS session is to introduce students to some of the advanced features of the college's web OPAC and how these features can help with research techniques including bibliography writing.  Students achieve this through live interaction with the web OPAC that is paced and directed through LAMS.  Students are also given the opportunity to collaborate through surveys and voting.


Keywords
Information literacy, searching, opac, library, research, ALeD

Subject
Information Literacy Skills / Research Skills

Audience
Post-16 education

Run time
1 hour

Resources
Computer and Internet access per student; access to a live OPAC

Outline of Activities

Students are introduced to the session and the aims of the session are explained.
Tool: Notice board

Students access the live OPAC and are introduced to various icons within the OPAC.  They are asked to search on a subject of their choice and take note that a new icon has appeared, the basket facility.
Tool: Shared resource

The basket facility is explained in more detail.
Tool: Notice board


Students access the web OPAC and carry out a search as before.  Students are then instructed how to use to basket facility and shown what it does.
Tool: Shared resource

Students, through live use of the OPAC are shown how to export their basket item in the correct bibliographic format and email the results to their college email
Tool: shared resource


Students check to see if their results have arrives by accessing their email direct from the LAMS sequence.
Tool: Notice board


Students are asked to complete a short questionnaire about the web OPAC, how much they knew before and how much they know after the session.
Tool: Survey

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Language: English
LAMS Version: 2.0.2
License: Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike
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Authored By:   Kristian Besley
Date: 29 June 2007 08:44 AM
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