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Abstract

Loughborough University Library and the Department of Politics International Relations & European Studies (PIRES) wished to enhance second year student information literacy skills, so that they were able to produce good quality research dissertations. To achieve, this information literacy skills were embedded into the EUB608: Research Methods module and was delivered via the University's Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), called Learn. The students' understanding of the principles of information searching was assessed using computer aided assessment (CAA).