The course provides an introduction to library and research skills, including an understanding of how information is organized by libraries; how to create a strategy for finding information; how to use print and electronic sources to locate information; and how to evaluate and cite information found.
This is a web based 10 hours time-lenght course of 5 parts. Each part consists of a lecture with literature owerview and exercises on determined topic. After completion of the course students will be able to use reference sources, online catalogues and databases in the field of chemistry and materials technology, identifying which types of resources are most appropriate for selected topics,to develop and implement an effective search strategy, to analyze resourses critically for validity and suitability for their research project, to write a literature survey on chosen theme.
The Information Literacy Course in generic information skills for all incoming first-year undergraduates is arranged centrally as a part of the curriculum programme UTT0010 �€œOrganization of Studies�€. The training classes cover the basics, including how to select a topic and develop research questions, as well as how to select, search for, find, evaluate and cite information sources. The web-based training contains practical stepwise search construction guides and tests how to effectively search in the Estonian libraries catalogue ESTER and efficiently find journal articles in the full text database EBSCOhost Web. The student receives 0.5 credit points.