Information Literacy is run by the Libraries of the University Library System as a training service for students, professors and researchers, Ph.D. students, scholars and staff of the University of Bologna. This training service allows you to:
- develop the skills needed to identify, locate, evaluate and use information sources,
- make the most of all the existing tools such as catalogs, search engines, databases, bibliography managers,
- apply effective search strategies.
Information Literacy Training Initiatives
Generative AI & Information Literacy
Guide to citing and managing bibliographies
Tutorial
On these pages you will find:
- Current activities organized by the Libraries
- Information Literacy as a Transversal Skill
- Information Literacy as a Transversal Skill for PhD Students
- An online form for professors who wish to plan an Information Literacy session for their students. Library staff will contact you to define the expected learning outcomes. Please allow two weeks' notice before the date for which you require the session.
- Contact for planning and scheduling cross-disciplinary or subject-specific seminars and workshops together with teachers.
Participants' Opinions of our Transversal Skills Courses 
"I was extremely satisfied with the course, very useful and well-organised" PhD, April 2025
"This course was a real eye opener to the world of research. How to extract accurate and quality data was adressed in a detailed way. I recommend this course to my collegues. Thank you so much for the session" 1st & 2nd Cycle, April 2025
If you do not find what you are looking for, please contact us at: arpac.information-literacy@unibo.it