Improve your online skills

Online skills and database searching tutorials from New Zealand libraries and international institutions.

A collection of online tutorials on searching and understanding e-resources, the Internet, web 2.0, using a mouse and general library skills.

Searching and understanding e-resources

Christchurch City Libraries database search tips

A good general guide to electronic resources including why to use them instead of Google and searching tips created by Palmerston North City Libraries.
Palmerston North City Libraries guide to electronic resources

Searching strategies for databases and the web from the University of Canterbury Library

Finding articles on the online databases from the Victoria University of Wellington Library

Ohio Reference Excellence (ORE) was developed by the Ohio Library Council to "improve the quality of reference service." It includes guides to evaluation and search strategies.
Ohio Reference Excellence resources

The Internet

A general guide to the Internet including things like websites URLs, cookies, plug-ins from the University of Waikato.
Internet skills from the University of Waikato

Using the Internet for research tutorial for Intute called Internet Detective. Great for subject-based research.
Internet Detective from Intute

A page linking to many tutorials and papers about using online search engine better maintained by Search Engine Watch.
Search engine tutorials and papers

Web 2.0 tools

Auckland City Libraries’ “New on the web” tutorial introduces you to:

Creating a web account
Searching
Blogs
Discussion boards
e-Newsletters
Online services
Lists
RSS feeds

Auckland City Libraries’ “New on the web” tutorial

Using a mouse

Christchurch City Libraries has a “Mouser-cise” tutorial for those new to computers to practise using a mouse.
Christchurch City Libraries’ Mouser-cise

Online tutorials for general library skills

Stephanie Gerding maintains a page of links to online library tutorials and training resources.
Free online library tutorials page from Stephanie Gerding