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

Information literacy is critical for academic researchers. This course is designed to enhance learners' information literacy to support reflective discovery of information, effective use and evaluation of information, and ethical communication throughout their academic careers.

Information Literacy——Essential to Academic Researcher (General) | 信息素养——学术研究的必修课
12 weeks
5–10 hours per week
Self-paced
Progress at your own speed
This course is archived

About this course

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Information literacy is a comprehensive set of abilities that include reflective discovery of information, understanding of how information is produced and evaluated, and using information to create new knowledge and participate ethically in learning communities (ACRL, 2016). Information literacy courses discuss information-related methods and skills. These methods and techniques will benefit you throughout your life, no matter your current age or your professional background.

At the beginning of the course, some senior professors and some students expressed their understanding of information literacy. You can then check on your own your overall competencies related to information literacy.

Course topics include information resources, information retrieval, finding facts and figures, open access, search engines, scholarly communities and norms, personal knowledge management, and more.

This course is designed to improve your information literacy and support you in obtaining accurate, authoritative, and valuable information in study, life, and academic research.

At a glance

  • Language: 中文
  • Video Transcript: 中文
  • Associated skills:Communications, Research, Legal Discovery, Knowledge Management, Data Analysis, Information Literacy, Information Retrieval

What you'll learn

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Information literacy is critical for academic researchers

How to effectively retrieve academic information

How to find facts and figures

Learn about open access and Internet search engines

Basic knowledge and norms of academic communication

How to manage your personal knowledge

Week 1 Information Literacy and Academic Research

Week 2 Information Retrieval Basics

Week 3 Basic ways to search for information: Find books

Week 4 Basic methods of retrieving information: finding articles (1)

Week 5 Basic methods of retrieving information: Find articles (2)

Week 6 Get more information with additional resources

Week 7 You should know how to find facts and figures (1)

Week 8 You should know how to find facts and figures (2)

Week 9 Open Access and Internet Search Engines

Week 10 Academic Communication and Academic Standards

Week 11 Your Knowledge Needs Management (1)

Week 12 Your Knowledge Needs Management (2)

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