Library online courses aim to equip students and staff with essential skills on information searching and citation management.
To enroll for the online courses, first login to Learn@PolyU, then Click on the registration link for the specific online course.
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Library Resources and Services for Undergraduate Students
Tailor-made for undergraduate students, this online course aims to let students learn how to utilize library services and resources to complete research assignments.
Course Modules
Module 1 - Get started with your research assignment
Module 2 - Using OneSearch
Module 3 - Using Advanced Search
Module 4 - Library Databases
Module 5 - Find Related Articles
Module 6 - Citing References
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Library Resources and Services for Postgraduate Students
This online course is tailor-made for postgraduate students to get familiar with library services and resources for their learning and research. It aims to equip postgraduate students with skills and knowledge to conduct research for assignments and dissertation, with particular focus on the literature review process, database searching, and finding key research through researcher profiles and more.
Course Modules
Module 1 - Using OneSearch
Module 2 - Using Advanced Search
Module 3 - Library Databases
Module 4 - Find Related Articles
Module 5 - Citing References
Module 6 - Researcher Profiles
Register Now! (You are required to Log in Learn@PolyU to proceed the registration.)
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Using EndNote 20
This course is designed for students and staff who have no or little knowledge about EndNote. It will help you learn the key features about EndNote 20, including how to insert references from different sources and how to cite references in Word document.
Mandatory Modules
Module 1 - Introduction
Module 2 - Get started with EndNote
Module 3 - Add references to EndNote
Module 4 - Insert and edit citations in MS Word
Module 5 - Backup your EndNote library
Optional Modules
Module 6 - Group your references
Module 7 - Remove duplicate references
Module 8 - Share references
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Library Workshops
Library offers workshops on different topics each semester to staff and students of PolyU so as to sharpen their research skills in locating, evaluating, managing and reusing information.
Library Workshops would be conducted in face-to-face and/or webinar format(s). Please visit the Library Workshops site for more details.
Library e-Certificate
Library e-certificate for online courses will be auto-generated via Learn@PolyU when participants complete the course.