Finding Resources on the Internet for Learning, Teaching and Research

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Resource Discovery...

• Finding Resources on the Internet for Learning,
  Teaching and Research

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Key sites for UK Higher Education

• Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for
  Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine
• HERO - official gateway to universities,
  collegesand research organisations in the UK.

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Key sites for UK Higher Education

• Research Councils UK (RCUK)
• JISC
• Higher Education Funding Council for England
  (HEFCE)
• Scottish Funding Council
• Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs)
• Professional associations and societies
• Departmental University Web sites

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Where can I find freely available Web resources
to support my teaching?

• BIOME the UKs academic subject gateway to
  high-quality Internet resources in the health and
  life sciences
• National electronic Library for Health (NeLH)

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Important points to remember

• Intellectual Property Rights
• Plagiarism
• Become a focused, efficient Internet user
• Use Search Engines but be aware of their
  shortcomings

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• Demo of an interactive teaching resource
• Practical session on teaching materials

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Usage stats

• October 2005
• Successful requests for pages
• OMNI 930,669
• NMAP 545,543
• AgriFor 421,586
• VetGate 273,223
• BioResearch 221,016
• Natural 92,079

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Finally

• November 2005 Happy Birthday OMNI
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  ottingham.ac.uk)
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