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This course will introduce you to the basics of searching for scholarly information: we'll explore the search process from defining a strategy to evaluating and documenting your search results. Attending the course will make you a proficient information seeker. You will learn to perform comprehensive literature searches based on your own research task. You will be guided through the various steps of searching for information, from selecting relevant search strategies and techniques to evaluating your search results, documenting your search process, and citing your sources. Attending the course will allow you to: • Identify your information needs • Evaluate databases and other information resources • Establish search strategies and use various search techniques • Formulate search strings based on your own research task • Identify types of materials relevant • Carry out a critical evaluation of your sources • Search more efficiently on the internet • Avoid plagiarism • Cite correctly • Work with reference management • Document your search process The course is intended for undergraduate students, but the lessons will be useful for anyone interested in getting better at finding scientific information. There are no formal requirements for the course. The series consists of 21 lectures that are organized into three modules. Lectures include small assignments and quizzes (to check understanding). Each of the lectures will touch on a topic that is essential to the information search process. To get the most out of the lecture series, we recommend that you access the lectures while working on an academic paper. We also recommend that you view the lectures in the order in which we have structured them. We encourage you to create and complete a log book while attending conferences. We have created a logbook template that you can use throughout the course. The lecture series has been developed in collaboration between information specialists from the University of Copenhagen and the Technical University of Denmark. We also recommend that you view the lectures in the order in which we have structured them. We encourage you to create and complete a log book while attending conferences. We have created a logbook template that you can use throughout the course. The lecture series has been developed in collaboration between information specialists from the University of Copenhagen and the Technical University of Denmark. We also recommend that you view the lectures in the order in which we have structured them. We encourage you to create and complete a log book while attending conferences. We have created a logbook template that you can use throughout the course.
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