Introducing the Intute Virtual Training Suite

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Introducing the Intute Virtual Training Suite

• Let our experts guide you
• to the best of the Web

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Internet research skills

• The Internet can be a powerful tool for education
  and research, offering a huge range of resources
  and services
• However issues of trust, quality and information
  skills are very real and significant concerns
  particularly in education and research contexts

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Are you eLiterate?
The pitfalls of using the Internet for
research?

• Do you
• know

The key websites for your subject?
How to find Internet sites suitable for
education and research?
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The Intute Virtual Training Suite

• offers free Internet tutorials
• teaching Internet research skills
• for over 65 university college subjects
• learn how to get the best from the Web
• for your education and research

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Over 65 tutorials

• Including
• Internet for Social Statistics
• Internet for Social Research Methods
• Internet for Social Policy
• Internet Economist
• Check our index of tutorials to find your subject

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Let our experts guide you

• The tutorials are authored and updated by a
  national network of subject experts from UK
  universities and colleges
• Get authoritative advice
• you know you can trust

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Meet some authors
Internet Anthropologist Hector Blackhurst, John
Rylands University Library of Manchester
Internet Economist Dr. Martin Poulter, Economics
Network, Higher Education Academy, University of
Bristol
Internet Psychologist Annie Trapp, Department of
Psychology, University of York
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And some partners
The list goes on
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The tutorials help answer

• What are the key websites I should be using for
  research in my subject field?
• How do I search the Internet effectively?
• What can I trust on the Internet?
• How do other people use the Internet effectively
  to support their research?

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Each tutorial has 4 sections

• TOUR
• DISCOVER
• JUDGE
• SUCCESS STORIES

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1. TOUR

• the range of Internet resources
• the key websites for your subject
• collect your own list of useful websites

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2. DISCOVER

• different Internet search tools
• tips on search strategies
• practical exercises to test the different tools
  and strategies

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3. JUDGE

• how to avoid being caught out by dodgy
  information on the Internet
• practical tips for critical evaluation of websites

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4. SUCCESS STORIES

• see how other people use the Internet
  successfully
• get new ideas for using the Internet for your
  research

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Tutorial features

• Simple step-by-step instruction
• Quizzes and exercises
• Links basket
• Glossary of Internet terms
• Special print options

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