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Electronic Resources

Online tutorials

Mantra: Research Data Management Training
Freely available online tutorial to support PhD students with research data management. Includes practical exercises in handling data in four software packages, including SPSS, which learners can download and work through at their own pace.

JISC Training
A set of tutorials designed to help students, academics and researchers improve their Internet information literacy and IT skills.

Open University training and skills pages
Excellent online course from the Open University covering all aspects of information skills such as searching databases, defining your subject, evaluating information and presenting your findings. 

Evaluating the quality of online information
A very useful guide, produced by The University of  Wollongong Australia

Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask
Online tutorial by the Library, University of California Berkeley. Includes a Web Page Evaluation Checklist.