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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Academic Information Seeking by University of Copenhagen

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About the Course

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...

Top reviews

GZ

Sep 10, 2017

A detailed review of one of the most important skills in academic research: information seeking. In particular, I enjoyed the tutorials on Mendeley and reference management tools. Highly recommended!

LB

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!

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By K.RAVI K

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Mar 30, 2023

Excellent

By Tibor T

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May 6, 2021

excellent

By IMMACULATE P

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May 27, 2020

EXCELLENT

By Danah B

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Mar 29, 2022

تزتاناز

By Arafat b H

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Mar 31, 2021

Bwst one

By Nisa Ü

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Apr 5, 2023

perfect

By Tâm N V

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Aug 8, 2024

useful

By 王亦凡

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Jul 1, 2020

Great!

By Манат А

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Oct 16, 2024

Класс

By Aljohara A

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Mar 17, 2021

great

By Adwaith A

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Sep 16, 2024

good

By منير ح

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Dec 23, 2023

good

By Nada S A

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Feb 28, 2021

GOOD

By R. G

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May 31, 2020

good

By Mikael W R

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Jan 16, 2016

Like they say in the course for bachelor students, this is very helpful. I study history, so I always and up with millions of sources. Not only have I learned how to search intelligently, I have also learned to manage my results and papers carefully.

By Muhammed W

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Jul 19, 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 .

By Vm V

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Mar 31, 2020

It is very precise. A background in library or information science may help to conceive things easily.

By Nick B

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Jan 24, 2018

The course gives you some really good tools. No doubt it will help you structure your assignments.

By ames 2

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Nov 4, 2021

The course helped me to understand and develop a search strategy for my research proposal.

By gabriela b

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Oct 11, 2021

Its really basic, works well for students that are completely new to the academic universe.

By Igor P

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Sep 25, 2021

Thanks! It was very intense and structured. However, a bit out-of-date by now

By Hoang D

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Jul 2, 2016

I have important knowledge and skill finding information through this couse.

By Surya K

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Jun 3, 2020

Week 2 quiz was a little vague to answer precisely. Content was amazing!

By Vasanthawada S R S

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May 8, 2020

This course is clear and is a first step for an aspiring researcher!

By Maha Q

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Apr 2, 2021

Some of the presenters, their pronunciation was not clear.