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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

NK

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.

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!

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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.

By Fatima A

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Feb 26, 2020

Very informative, especially for beginners a must do...

By Fahad S

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Jan 9, 2024

Thank you coursera for offering this wonderful course.

By roene g

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Nov 1, 2020

Please add more demonstrations. Please speak slower.

By Octavian

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Sep 2, 2016

Not too comprehensive, but an overall good course.

By Deleted A

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May 24, 2016

Very useful and handy tips.

By Andrely H R

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Sep 11, 2020

I learned a lot! Thank you

By Amrutha A

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Nov 10, 2024

Comprehensive. On point.

By ELISABETH L R B

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Oct 18, 2020

It was very helpful!

By Muhammad S H

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Aug 23, 2020

Informative.

By Ihtisham I P S N i G U

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Jul 1, 2020

Great course

By AMIT R D

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Aug 10, 2025

nice course

By Rado

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Jul 3, 2018

Helpful.

By Maha A

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Mar 4, 2021

nice

By AASTIK S

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Jun 12, 2020

nice

By عبدالعزيز ح

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Mar 30, 2020

thx

By Abdulaziz_saif_alshabibi

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Apr 13, 2025

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By Haridev K

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Sep 7, 2024

very useful course for adults and everyone and add this cirtificate for resme

By Tariq a

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Jan 9, 2025

Good