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Develop your Digital Literacy Skills – Study & Learn in a Digital Environment

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There are many opportunities these days to complete online learning and you will most likely come across this either at university or work. You may opt to develop your own skills through online professional development.

The Library also offers you an online, technology-enriched environment, helping you to develop the right set of information skills to find the information you need.

eLearning wordle on a laptop screen
eLearning wordle on a laptop screen


You can complete our etutorials to learn how to use our resources and develop your skills:


We also have online guides and links to providers support pages to help you to use our resources.

You can follow our Information Skills for Health blog. Here we publish posts about different resources, how to use them and how to develop your skills.

Our learning opportunities include demos, step-by-step instructions, video, and interactive elements.

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