CyberLibrary
Teach yourself how to use the Library more effectively during your course at Reading using our self-paced Blackboard course. This course is only accessible to users with a Reading University username and password.
The course has two sections:
Part one: 'Introduction to the Library' is for you to use when you first start at the University and covers:
- general information about the Library
- finding your way around
- how to use Unicorn, the Library catalogue
- how to get help
Part two: 'Next steps' is designed to help you develop the information searching skills you'll need for later in your course. It covers:
- how to search for journals
- how to find books on a subject
- finding information on the Internet
- evaluating the information you find
- the principles of copyright and referencing
There are quizzes in both parts so that you can test yourself on what you have learnt.
- Go to Blackboard Learn
- Log on by following the instructions on the Blackboard login page
- Click on the Enrolments tab at the top of the screen
- Type Cyberlibrary in the Course Search box and click on Go
- Scroll down the screen and click on the 'arrows' (Options menu) next to the Course ID.
- Click on the enrol button.
- Click on the submit button on the Self Enrolment screen and OK at the bottom of the next screen
You will now be taken to the course pages. Next time you log on to Blackboard the course will be listed under Courses in which you are enrolled in the Enrolments tab.