Intute offers a range of free resources to help students and staff in universities to develop Internet research skills that can support university work, and avoid some of the pitfalls of using the Internet for scholarly work.
Virtual Training Suite
Select from over 60 free online tutorials to develop your Internet research skills. Learn how to make discerning use of the Internet to help find information for your coursework and assignments.
Internet Detective
The good, the bad and the ugly online
Informs
Informs enables university staff to create and share their own Internet tutorials.The unique software enables instructional material to be delivered alongside live websites, enabling you to guide students through effective use of online resources.
Over 120 universities are currently using Informs tutorials in their courses, websites and VLEs, and the Informs database contains over 2,000 tutorial units.
Critical thinking and the Web
A set of free teaching resources designed to promote critical thinking and to develop the analytical abilities of first year undergraduates, using the Web as source material. A Teacher's Guide includes suggested session outlines and discussion points, and worksheets and PowerPoint presentations are also supplied.
Seminars and events
We can visit your university free of charge to give a presentation or workshop on Intute for academic staff interested in improving their use of the Internet for research, or in teaching Internet research skills to students. Find out how to arrange an Intute event at your institution.
We can give presentations or run workshops/exhibitions at academic and professional events. See a list of events we are currently booked for.
