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INFORMATION LITERACY AND DIGITAL SAFETY: Using Library Resources

Research Guides and Tutorials

Libraries produce subject guides and tutorials to help students identify key resources in their discipline and develop practical research skills. These curated starting points can save considerable time when beginning a research project.

Useful Resources on Research Guides and Tutorials:

NTK. (2026, July 23). Subject guides. https://www.techlib.cz/en/2720

Annotation: A comprehensive list of NTK’s subject guides, organized alphabetically by discipline. Each guide compiles information resources, including books, articles, databases, and specialized websites, relevant to a particular field.

NTK. (2023, August 25). Video tutorials. https://www.techlib.cz/en/2915-video-tutorials

Annotation: NTK’s instructional video tutorials, covering practical library skills such as finding full-text articles and eBooks, searching the print collection, and using the library catalog.

NTK. (2026). Navigating scientific resources & staying organized. https://moodle.techlib.cz/course/section.php?id=1257

Annotation: NTK webinar on practical strategies for searching, evaluating, and managing academic sources. Topics include effective searching techniques, accessing hard-to-find resources, strategies for smart reading and resource management, understanding types of academic sources, and presenting research outputs.

Peer Review: None

Table of contents:

2.1. Contextualizing Information Literacy

2.2. Using Library Resources
2.2.1. Finding and Accessing Resources

2.2.2. Research Guides and Tutorials

2.3. Source Evaluation

2.4. News and Media Literacy
2.4.1. Media Literacy
2.4.2. Misinformation and Fact-Checking

2.5. Artificial Intelligence
2.5.1. Understanding AI
2.5.2. Evaluating AI
2.5.3. AI Terminology
2.5.4. AI Ethics

2.6. Online Safety
2.6.1. Avoiding Scams and Fraud
2.6.2. Data Privacy and Protection
2.6.2.1. Understanding Data Privacy
2.6.2.2. General Data Protection Regulation
2.6.3. Information Security
2.6.4. Digital Safety
2.6.4.1. Understanding Online Harms
2.6.4.2. Protecting Yourself Online
2.6.5. Cyberbullying
2.6.6. Ethical Social Media

2.7. Copyright

 

Author: Leeanne Irwin

Peer Reviewer(s): None