Institution:
Hamburg University of Technology
University Library - TUB HH
Hamburg

Address:
Hamburg University of Technology
University Library - TUB HH
Denickestr. 22
21073 Hamburg (Harburg)
Shipping Address:
21071 Hamburg
Phone: 040 / 4 28 78 - 28 45
Fax: 040 / 4 28 78 - 22 48

Contact person:
Thomas Hapke
Phone: 40 42878 3365

Target group: university students
Level: basic and advanced

This tutorial is offered by the Library of the Technical University Hamburg/Harburg.

Main contents:

• Point 1: Be aware of your information behaviour.

• Point 2: Use tutorials, subject gateways and literature guides to inform yourself about searching information

• Point 3: Use your local research library and consult a librarian or information specialist.

• Point 4: Use encyclopaedias and other reference works for first orientation!

• Point 5: Play with search terms when exploring database features (Boolean logic, wildcard symbols, neighbourhood operators, search fields, ...)

• Point 6: Search for journal articles in subject-specific databases

• Point 7: Don’t forget to search for patents and data

• Point 8: Evaluate your search results with respect to relevance as well as quality of the document you’ve found and think about processing your information

• Point 9: Keep yourself up-to-date by browsing through journal contents, subscribing to mailing lists and reading weblogs.

• Point at the end (10): Reflect on information ethics (intellectual property, copyright and plagiarism) and policy (ownership, privacy) as well as economics (commercial and open access).

• Where to get more knowledge about information!

Keywords: information literacy – subject oriented information literacy – web tutorial for engineering students – engineering information – information searching – subject specific databases – information processing – information ethics – social aspects of information