Library Training

Library training for foreign students

an obligatory subject for first-year and foreign students.

 

What should our students know? 

The aim of the course is to provide our first - time users with the most important information about the Library of the Lodz University of Technology, our services and collections and – in general – how to use the library. 
The training will guide you through all library floors, all printed collections and electronic resources, study and lounge areas, open spaces and electronic facilities for users. It will also teach you how to use library’s computer catalogue, how to search through our databases, e- book collections and subscribed e-journals. It will explain how to get access to all collections and use them inside and outside the library.


Course and the quiz

All you need to know about the Library will be in the e-learning course entitled "Library training". It consist of 5 modules: Getting started, Basic information about the Library, Library's website, Collections and resources, Library facilities and services.

In order to pass the Library Training, you need to take the test. You have to go through 10 questions and get at least 70% of the right answers. This quiz has a limited number of approaches: 3. In case of failing the test, between the 1st and the 2nd approach 6 h should pass, between the 2nd and the 3rd - 24 h.

 

Timing and deadlines

  The quiz will be open from 22. March to 19. June, 2024.

 


 

THIS TRAINING IS AVAILABLE ON WIKAMP PLATFORM:

Access key: library1

1. Go to the website http://edu.p.lodz.pl

2. If necessary, switch language to English

 

 

3. Go to the "Students area" and select "Courses offered by the Main Library"

 


4. In the next window all our courses will appear - Library training for foreign students is tone of them and the only one in English:

 

5. Guests cannot have the access to this course, so press the button with "Access for employees, undergraduates and doctoral students of TUL". Log in using your index number and password given by WIKAMP.

 

 

6. Enter the access key: library1 (if necessary).

 

7. Read course lessons divided into 5 modules: Getting started, Basic information about the Library, Library's website, Collections and resources, Library facilities and services.

 

 

8. Pass the quiz - you have 3 attempts. Good luck!

 



Contact

If you have any questions regarding Library training, don't hesitate to contact us in person or by e-mail.
Promotion and Information department in the Main Library (email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)