A.M.Al-Refai Library offers the following training sessions to support the instructional needs of faculty, staff and students at GUST. Interested patrons must register at least a day prior to the session at the library.

Information Literacy

Information literacy (a.k.a Information Competence) is defined as the ability to access, evaluate, organize, and use information from a variety of sources effectively.

Sunday:      9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Thursday:   2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

EBSCO Databases

Learn how to create and execute a search strategy that will retrieve highly-relevant information using EBSCO databases and e-journals for your economics class, your sociology project or for any other GUST course assignment.

Sunday:       10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.                             

Note : No Password is required to access the databases from within the GUST campus. Gust Staff can Access the databases from outside the campus by using username and password provided by the library.           

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Horizon Information Portal (HIP) Library Online Catalog and A-to-Z

HIP is a web search interface to the library catalog. It offers the ability to search the library database over the World Wide Web using a compatible browser, such as Internet Explorer 5+. It offers the ability to search different indexes such as title, author, subject, Series, international standard serial number (ISSN) and international standard book number (ISBN) alphabetically or by keyword. The session covers searching the HIP by different indexes and retrieving patron information. Find out how to use and access the Information Portal from home or from within the GUST campus. 

A-to-Z  is a locator tool listing all library e-resources, including e-journals, titles in full-text databases, publisher packages and e-books. A-to-Z also includes print journal titles.

Tuesday: 10:00 a.m.  – 10:30 a.m.
                 1:00 p.m.  –   1:30 p.m. 

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Turnitin

Turnitin, a plagiarism detection service is subscribed by the A.M.Al-Refai Library to help students and educators to prevent the illegitimate use of internet. It promotes originality in student work, improve student writing and research skills, encourage collaborative learning, and save valuable instructor time. 

Wednesday: 10:30 a.m.  – 11:30 a.m.
                       1:30 p.m.  –   2:30 p.m.