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Information Exploration: Becoming a Savvy Scholar

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States3.093
Free, no sign-up neededFall 2006English
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This freshman course explores the scientific publication cycle, primary vs. secondary sources, and online and in-print bibliographic databases; how to search, find, evaluate, and cite information; indexing and abstracting; using special resources (e.g. patents) and “grey literature” (e.g. technical reports and conference proceedings); conducting Web searches; and constructing literature reviews.

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