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Emerging services from Intute

Emerging services from Intute. Linda Kerr Intute: Science, Engineering and Technology. Introduction. What is Intute? New Intute services Pick & mix quick guides Questions. What is Intute?.

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Emerging services from Intute

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  1. Emerging services from Intute Linda Kerr Intute: Science, Engineering and Technology

  2. Introduction • What is Intute? • New Intute services • Pick & mix quick guides • Questions

  3. What is Intute? • Intute is a national Internet service guiding you to useful Web resources for education and research. • It is a free service aimed at the UK’s higher and further education sectors and is relevant to students, lecturers, researchers and teachers. • Intute was formerly known as the Resource Discovery Network (RDN).

  4. Network of specialists Four subject groups comprise Intute: • Arts and Humanities • Health and Life Sciences • Science, Engineering and Technology • Social Sciences • Hand selected, quality assured content – Best of the Web

  5. Network of specialists • A consortium of seven universities • 70 partner institutions providing subject expertise and advice • Created by the community for the community

  6. Intute: Science, Engineering and Technology • The University of Manchester • Heriot-Watt University • Cranfield University • Institute of Physics Publishing • Royal Society of Chemistry • Scenta (Engineering and Technology Board)

  7. Support Internet Training Free support materials • Leaflet • Quick Guide to Intute Science, Engineering and Technology • Presentation • Best of the Web booklets in Chemistry, Physics, Computing and Environmental Engineering • Welcome to adapt and reuse in your own institution

  8. Integrating Intute into your service • There are several ways & you can choose… • Pulling in Intute content or functionality into your own webpage • Working with staff at Intute to put your resources on our catalogue.

  9. Examples of integrating.. Put Intute search box on your library webpage, eg. for Intute: Engineering resources Librarian could list latest nanotechnology resources added to Intute, on their library webpage

  10. Why integrate Intute? • Intute feedback shows that users want… • Seamless services • To re-purpose content • Flexibility and their own “look” • Resources automatically updated • Reputable services

  11. How can we help? We offer: • Intute “pick and mix” Quick Guides • Further online help materials • Intute email helpdesk

  12. Introduction Contributing resources MyIntute Linking to Intute Newsfeeds Intute Quick Guides: Online step-by-step guides with examples and screenshots to help you

  13. More online help here

  14. Contributing Resources • See our Quick Guide • You suggest resources • Fill out Suggest a site form: http://www.intute.ac.uk/suggest.html • Assessment by Intute subject specialist and added to catalogue if suitable

  15. Personalise - MyIntute • See our Quick Guide • Create your own account • Save searches, subjects and records • Tag records with your own keywords • Export data into your web pages • Updated automatically

  16. Linking to Intute • See our Quick Guide to linking • Various ways to link – simple or • sophisticated • Intute search box - options • VLE linking

  17. SET Blog • Developing a blog service • Discussion on new resources • Highlight updates • Mini-case studies • Articles on web resources • Want your views…

  18. Contact details Linda Kerr Tel: 0131 451 3572 l.kerr@hw.ac.uk

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