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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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