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University of Copenhagen

Academic Information Seeking

This course will introduce you to the basic elements of academic information seeking - we will 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 how to carry out comprehensive literature searches based on your own research assignment. You will be guided through the various information seeking steps from selecting relevant search strategies and techniques to evaluating your search results, documenting your search process and citing your sources. Attending the course will enable you to: • Identify your information need • Evaluate databases and other information resources • Set up search strategies and use various search techniques • Formulate search strings based on your own research assignment • Identify relevant material types • Undertake 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 to anyone who is interested in becoming 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. The lectures include small assignments and quizzes (to check comprehension). The lectures will each touch upon a topic that is essential to the information seeking process. To get the most out of the lecture series, we recommend that you access the lectures while you are working on an academic paper. We also recommend that you watch the lectures in the order in which we have structured them. We recommend that you create and fill out a log book while attending the lectures. We have created a log book template that you can use during the course. The lecture series has been developed in collaboration between information specialists at University of Copenhagen and Technical University of Denmark

Status: Document Management
Status: Intellectual Property
Course6 hours

Featured reviews

NK

4.0Reviewed Aug 14, 2020

It was a fast and educative course that brought a lot into perspective. Although, the links along the way contain 400 errors and some crashed. They should look into this.

VV

5.0Reviewed Dec 28, 2020

Very nice and useful information are received in this course. Very nice and easy understandable videos and texts that supply the videos makes it easy for all.

JW

5.0Reviewed Jan 26, 2020

Excellent course. I am starting my thesis in medical science, and this helped me a lot to give structure to my research work!

TR

5.0Reviewed Aug 11, 2020

Thank you very much for giving this opportunity to learn and get the certificate from coursera. I am very much satisfied with this course

MW

4.0Reviewed Jul 18, 2017

Thank you so much for this great effort, It really helped me alot, i wish you more and more success , keep up the good work .

MV

4.0Reviewed Oct 11, 2016

Objective. Very good material and good practices to help you better build a bibliography for research purpose. Sometimes the multiple answers quiz can be tricky.

BB

5.0Reviewed Sep 10, 2024

This course was very informative and precise. I highly recommend this course to anyone who is new to research field and is looking for an easy course to guide them properly.

TR

5.0Reviewed Mar 18, 2023

VERY GOOD IMFERMATION REGARDING ACADEMIC INFORMATION SEEKINGVERY SPECIAL THANKS TO COURSERA GROUP AND MBU UNIVERSITY

PC

4.0Reviewed Jun 23, 2016

Very informative and interesting. I find that the exercises did not contribute enough to understanding the material.

PD

5.0Reviewed Feb 13, 2018

Great Course for people who are new to research. This course provides an overview of the various components of the journey called research.Thank you!

LB

5.0Reviewed Oct 17, 2020

The course was very comprehensive and easy to understand. The instructors made sure that they are giving the information in a way that won't make me confused. Thank you so much for this great course!

SN

5.0Reviewed Nov 28, 2020

The basic knowledge on doing academic research online covered in this course should truly be taught to every student. This course is worth taking and will have long-term benefits!

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