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Resource Discovery...

Resource Discovery. Finding Resources on the Internet for Learning, Teaching and Research. Key sites for UK Higher Education. Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine

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Resource Discovery...

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  1. Resource Discovery... Finding Resources on the Internet for Learning, Teaching and Research

  2. 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.

  3. 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

  4. Where can I find ‘freely’ available Web resources to support my teaching? • BIOME – the UK’s academic subject gateway to high-quality Internet resources in the health and life sciences • National electronic Library for Health (NeLH)

  5. Important points to remember… • Intellectual Property Rights • Plagiarism • Become a focused, efficient Internet user • Use Search Engines – but be aware of their shortcomings

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

  7. 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

  8. Finally • November 2005 – Happy Birthday OMNI • Content and training queries (laurian.williamson@nottingham.ac.uk) • BIOME mailing list (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/BIOME.html)

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