Library Skills & Training
Enhance your academic success with TUS Library workshops and training – from referencing and research to making the most of library resources, we’re here to support your learning.
The Library provides library skills sessions for students throughout the academic year. These sessions will show you how to search for information for your assignments, teach you how to develop a search strategy, teach you how to correctly reference, and much more!
Book your place for any session that will be of benefit to you.
Booking Calendar
Each colour below represents a library skills training event aimed at a particular user group:
| Colour is Buttercup | All Students, Staff & Researchers |
| Colour is Light Green | All undergraduate students |
| Colour is Powder Blue | Faculty Specific |
| Colour is Lemon | First Year |
| Colour is Peach | Postgraduate students |
| Colour is Pink | Researchers & Faculty |
The sessions are mainly delivered online but click on the session you wish to register for to check if we are delivering it online or on-site.
If you have any queries, e-mail the library at library@tus.ie.
Why are Information Skills Important?
During your time in TUS you will be expected to read course materials to inform and educate yourself with the subjects you are studying and to write assignments set out by your lecturers. Most of the material is provided as recommended reading lists, printed course packs or links to electronic copies of books and articles provided through Moodle.
However, you will also be expected to develop your learning and do research beyond what is set by your lecturers to show your understanding of the subjects you are studying. This requires you to search, find and evaluate information independently on the topics you are studying. To do this effectively you need good information skills. With information accessible in various formats and quality, it is important that students have the skills needed to allow them to use the variety of information resources available and to retrieve, evaluate and use that information successfully.
Examples of information skills training include:
‘Information literacy is the ability to think critically and make balanced judgements about any information we find and use. It empowers us as citizens to develop informed views and to engage fully with society’ (CILIP, 2018).
More Information
Information Literacy CILIP Information Literacy Group
Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education ALA
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