Tutorial on how to search the UWI Mona Library�€™s online catalogue via the Internet to find information. Includes: brainstorming and analysing topic and formulating search strategy; procedure for conducting various searches (author, title, keyword, call number/subject); recording details of resources retrieved; importance of citing resources retrieved.
65 slides on the importance of citing correctly and basics of the MLA citation style. Followed by sample citations and exercises.
Librarians from over twenty countries of the Commonwealth gathered in Jamaica from 28 January to 2 February 2006 for an International Workshop on Information Literacy for Public Librarians across the Commonwealth.