文档介绍：OK, are you all settled? Well, first of all, e to Cardiff University. I'm here to explain what we can offer you. Now, asa new student at the university, you will probably need some sort of guidance to help you to use the library effectively to study and research. Some of you have asked about a guided tour but we find this rather muddles people. So, in this first week, we run a series of talks which focus on different aspects of the library and its You'll also find that to get the most out of the library you really do need to puter literate and so all this term we run small classes which will bring you up to speed on how to access puter-loaded information. OK, now let me give you an outline of what's available to you You'll find that puter's are increasingly used asa research tool. Many students do most of their research on the and the puters are permanently online. Having found what you need, you'll find you can readily save texts on your puter space to print off when you need. You might think that it is the fastest way to get information but the links can be slow. Clearly you can find lots on there but much of it is useless information as it is from highly debatable sources32 - so be critical. You'll also find that the library has loaded several CD-ROM's onto puters from specialist reference sources such as the MLA. It means we can expand what we offer you at ver