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Information Studies: Teaching and Learning Support

Welcome to Information Studies guide

Library Orientation

The main objective of the user orientation is to introduce the library facilities, resources, services and library techniques to the users. It is also designed to teach library users how to locate the information they need quickly and effectively.

Library Orientation is offered to new staff and students, at the beginning of each year and throughout the year on request

Library Orientation Takes only one hour per session

 

It is compulsory for every new students!!!

Faculty of Arts Librarian

Faculty of Arts Librarian is responsible for the various workshop. She is the one who provides trainings for all the undergraduate students who are under the Faculty of Arts

 

Training on request ask 

 Faculty of Arts Librarian : Ms Faith Nsele

E-mail                              : NseleF@unizulu.ac.za

Tel:                                  : 0359026688

Library Workshops

 

UNIZULU Library Workshops include the following topics:

 - Know your library: an overview of Library Services/resources and facilities

 - Stay Away From Plagiarism : what you need to know to avoid it.

 - Turnitin : Plagiarism checker and grammar mistakes software.

 - E-Books

 - E-Resources,  tips for searching and more: UNIZULU e-catalogue, (EBSCO Discover Service, JSTOR, HeinOnline etc)

 - Referencing made easy : EndNote

 - Press-Reader

Subject Libguides

The libguides are subject specific introductions to Library resources and services, written and compiled by the information librarians.To have access to all our guides go to:

Ask-A-Librarian Service

Ask a Librarian service You can chat with a librarian directly from your smart devices and one of our librarians will answer your queries:  

Go to the www.unizulu.ac.za

Click on “Library”  In the box on the bottom right hand corner of your screen click on the up arrow 

Enter your email, your query, retype the code (to prove that you are not a robot) and click ‘Send’ One of the Librarians will get back to you as soon as possible.
 
This chat option is also available when you are using EBSCO Discovery basic or advanced search. Available at
http://library.unizulu.ac.za/

 

University of Zululand Library Guides