The Scientific Library of the Stavropol State University has completed a cycle of classes with first-year students on the basics of information and bibliographic culture — «The Scientific Library of the Stavropol State University is the first assistant in studies and research.»

Almost 2,000 students attended classes in the library: 39 groups of the Faculty of Secondary Vocational Education and 47 groups of higher vocational education.

As part of the classes, the first-year students got acquainted with the reading rooms and the virtual library of the university, learned the rules of registration of literature lists for academic papers. Students also learned how to work with electronic library systems and databases: Electronic Library system of Stavropol State University, «Znanium.com „, „Lan“, „Yurayt“, a book support module, a bookshelf for SPO students, an Anti-Plagiarism system.

The effectiveness of the conducted classes is already confirmed by the growth of statistics of first-year readers' appeals to the electronic resources of the library, the increase in information literacy of students.