Information Literacy——Essential to Academic Researcher (General) | 信息素养——学术研究的必修课

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12 Weeks
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Brief Introduction

Information literacy is essential to academic researchers. This course aims to improve learns' information literacy to support reflective discovery of information, effective use & evaluating information, and ethical communication during their academic careers.

Description

Information literacy is the set of integrated abilities encompassing the reflective discovery of information, the understanding of how information is produced and valued, and the use of information in creating new knowledge and participating ethically in communities of learning (ACRL, 2016). The course Information Literacy discusses methodology and skills around information. The methods and skills will benefit you the whole life, no matter what is your age now and what is your professional background.

At the beginning of the course, some senior professors and some students express their understanding of information literacy. Then you can check your general competency related to information literacy by yourself.

The topics of the course include information resources, information retrieval, finding facts & figures, open access, search engine, academic community & norm, personal knowledge management, et al.

This course aims to improve your information literacy to support your access to accurate, authoritative and valuable information during your learning, living and academic researching.

Knowledge

  • Information Literacy is essential to academic researcher
  • How to execute effective search of academic information
  • How to find facts and figures
  • Knowing Open Access and Internet search engines
  • Basic knowledge of academic communication and norm
  • How to manage your personal knowledge

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中文
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12 Weeks
Jia Lin, Yuan Wang, Xiaomu Zeng, Lifeng Han
TsinghuaX
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