Online Courses Handbook 2003

12443 (v.3) Information Studies 511 - Information Provision

Area:	School of Media and Information
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Practical:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
The role of the reference and information service. The reference interview. The organisation of subject-discipline access. Advanced search strategies, including their use with automated information retrieval. Planning, promoting and evaluating reference and information services. The role of the Internet in reference and information services. Current awareness services. citation indexing. User education.