Information Exploration: Becoming a Savvy Scholar
As taught in: Fall 2006
The MIT Libraries provide students with many tools for scholarly research. (Photo by MIT OpenCourseWare.)
Instructors:
Prof. Donald Sadoway
(Faculty Liaison)
Patty Durisin Barbera
(Assistant Instructor)
Angie Locknar
MIT Course Number:
3.093
Level:
Undergraduate
Course Features
Course Description
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.
